Knives: Import Controls
Commons · Question 69387 · 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 discussions she has had with (a) payment processors and (b) courier services on disrupting the purchase and delivery of knives sold online by overseas retailers without age checks.
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 ...