Question follow-through · 900761
Offensive Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
We have implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament earlier this year. The ban came into force on 24th September.We will also be pressing ahead as soon as possible with a ban on Ninja swords, following the t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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