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Knives: Import Controls

Commons · Question 69386 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using existing legislation to restrict the online sale and import of knives from overseas.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 3 Sep 2025

We are currently strengthening the legislation around the online sale of knives with measures in the Crime and Policing Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament. This includes:introducing a two-stage age verification system at the point of ...