United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85969
Knives
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7 September 2020
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10 September 2020 · Answer
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10 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) make an assessment of the validity of September 2020 research on knives from De Montfort University and (b) bring forward legislative proposals on replacing pointed knives with rounded
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7 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) make an assessment of the validity of September 2020 research on knives from De Montfort University and (b) bring forward legislative proposals on replacing pointed knives with rounded
Source: Commons
10 September 2020
Answer
We continue to work with retailers to promote the responsible sales of knives. It is important to strike the right balance between allowing access to knives, for instance as tools, with the need to protect the public from dangerous weapons.We are doing ev...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-07/85969
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1231847
- uk · wq-1231847 · source updated 10 September 2020