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Bladed Articles and Machetes Legislation

The Home Office is strengthening legislation on bladed articles, machetes, and crossbows through the Crime and Policing Bill and related orders, including age restrictions on knife sales and a licensing regime for knife sellers. The department is consulting on enforcement mechanisms for online and offline sales restrictions to persons under 18 and updating the Criminal Justice Act 1988 offensive weapons provisions.

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enforce age restrictions on the (a) online and (b) offline sale of knives to persons under the age of 18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enforce age restrictions on the (a) online and (b) offline sale of knives to persons under the age of 18.

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