United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 6729
Knives
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4 June 2026
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11 June 2026 · Answer
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11 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her Department’s policy to remove religious exemptions from section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
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4 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her Department’s policy to remove religious exemptions from section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
Source: Commons
11 June 2026
Answer
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes it an offence to have an article with a blade or point in a public place. The law allows for a person found in possession of a bladed article to claim a defence of having a good reason for having the article in public. ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-04/6729
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1912372
- uk · wq-1912372 · source updated 11 June 2026