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  Offensive Weapons Bill - New Clause 6 - Report on the Causes Behind Youth Violence With Offensive Weapons
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the causes behind youth violence with offensive weapons and to require the Government to release certain evidence on the subject. 
  @ MP voted no not to require a report on the causes behind youth violence with offensive weapons and against requiring the Government to release certain evidence on the subject. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require a report on the causes behind youth violence with offensive weapons and against requiring the Government to release certain evidence on the subject. 
   
  MPs were considering the Offensive Weapons Bill[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Report on the causes behind youth violence with offensive weapons'' and stated:
  
  :â(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 onâ
  
  :(i) childrenâs 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.
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/offensiveweapons.html Parliament's webpage on the Offensive Weapons Bill]
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