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Knives: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for introducing legislation to prohibit the sale of sharp-pointed kitchen and utility knives for domestic use; and what steps she is taking to ensure that large online ret

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 9 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 11 Jun 2025
Answer: 17 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for introducing legislation to prohibit the sale of sharp-pointed kitchen and utility knives for domestic use; and what steps she is taking to ensure that large online ret
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government’s mission to halve knife crime over a decade will be delivered through tougher enforcement and stronger prevention, and we are actively considering a range of options to achieve those goals, further details of which will be set out in the n...

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