United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 119035
Offensive Weapons: Electronic Commerce
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9 March 2026
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17 March 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the sale of (a) knives, (b) swords, and (c) battle axes on third-party online selling platforms.
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9 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the sale of (a) knives, (b) swords, and (c) battle axes on third-party online selling platforms.
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17 March 2026
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The Government has been strengthening controls on the online sales of bladed articles, including knives, swords and axes. We commissioned Commander Stephen Clayman, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for knife crime, to conduct a review into the onl...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-09/119035
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1888698
- uk · wq-1888698 · source updated 17 March 2026