questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government response to the Consultation on new knife legislation proposals to tackle the use of machetes and other bladed articles in crime, published on 30 August 2023, which (a) type and (b) size of (i) machetes, (ii) swords and (iii) other bladed weapons are covered by the proposals.
answerText: Between 18 April 2023 and 6 June 2023, the Government ran a consultation on five proposals to tackle knife crime, including a targeted ban on certain types of machetes and knives which appear to be designed to look intimidating, but which have no practica...
heading: Offensive Weapons: Regulation