motion_title: OFFENSIVE WEAPONS BILL: Report on the causes behind youth violence with offensive weapons
motion_text: “(1) The Secretary of State must, within 6 months of this Act receiving Royal Assent, lay a report before Parliament on the causes behind youth violence with offensive weapons.
  (2) The report under subsection 1 must consider, but is not limited to,
  (a) The effect of the reduction in police numbers on the levels of youth violence with offensive weapons;
  (b) The effect of the reduction in public spending on—
  (i) children’s services,
  (ii) Sure Start,
  (iii) state-maintained schools,
  (iv) local authorities,
  (v) youth offending teams,
  (vi) Border Force, and
  (vii) drug treatment programmes.
  (3) The report under subsection 1 and the considerations under subsection 2 must consider the benefits of the public health approach to violence reduction.
  (4) The report must contain all departmental evidence held relating to subsection 2 and 3.”—(Louise Haigh.)