Question follow-through · 60163
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to introduce mandatory prison sentences for carrying bladed articles.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to introduce mandatory prison sentences for carrying bladed articles.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jun 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to tackling knife crime as a priority. We are clear that those who carry knives unlawfully must face serious consequences, and that sentencing must reflect the harm these offences cause to victims and communities.In recognitio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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