United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 202514
Offensive Weapons
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13 October 2023
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18 October 2023 · Answer
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18 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban machetes and zombie knives.
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13 October 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban machetes and zombie knives.
Source: Commons
18 October 2023
Answer
The Government will seek to legislate a ban on certain types of large knives and machetes that do not seem to have practical use and appear to appeal to those who want to use these items as weapons when parliamentary time allows.Once the new legislation i...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/202514
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1664661
- uk · wq-1664661 · source updated 18 October 2023