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Parliamentary Debates
Knife and Sword Ban
113 speeches (24,939 words)
Tuesday 6th February 2024 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 strengthened the law on the sale and delivery of knives to under-18s. - Link to Speech

Criminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)
70 speeches (13,108 words)
Committee stage: 5th sitting
Thursday 11th January 2024 - Public Bill Committees
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Something such as a zombie knife was covered in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, where it has threatening - Link to Speech

Criminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)
78 speeches (13,210 words)
Committee stage: 6th sitting
Thursday 11th January 2024 - Public Bill Committees
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) Weapons Act 2019—(a) In section 39(7), omit paragraph (a) and insert “on summary conviction in England - Link to Speech
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) That is why the law as it stands sets out in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 some measures to address - Link to Speech
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) On delivery—when someone is simply delivering as opposed to selling—the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 broadly - Link to Speech

Serious Violence: Battersea
11 speeches (4,243 words)
Thursday 14th December 2023 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 stopped knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought - Link to Speech

Criminal Justice Bill
143 speeches (39,375 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 28th November 2023 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 offenders with banned firearms can be jailed for up to 10 years, - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Ministry of Justice Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2023-24

Justice Committee

Found: Pre-Charge Bail £3.000m Home Office New Plan for Immigration - IT Costs £2.000m Home Office Offensive

Thursday 8th February 2024
Report - 12th Report - Drawn to the special attention of the House: Draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024; Draft Windsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 and one linked instrument; School and Early Years Finance and Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024; Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; Includes information paragraphs on: Draft Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) (Amendment and Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2024 and three linked instruments; Draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Order 2024 and three linked instruments; Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: This is in line with the scheme run in relation to the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, which worked well



Written Answers
Internet: Sales
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Thursday 21st March 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation of online (a) ordering and (b) delivery of (i) age-restricted products and (ii) bladed items to self-service lockers.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 it is the legal responsibility of sellers to ensure that age-restricted bladed articles are not delivered or arranged to be delivered to a self-service locker.

The law requires (set out what is expected of online sales of knives and age verification and the requirements on those who deliver) This legislation is enforced by the police and Trading Standards.

We keep the law in this area under close review and the Government has recently taken action to prohibit the sale, manufacture, supply and possession of zombie style knives and machetes, subject to the relevant Statutory Instrument being approved by Parliament.

Knives: Crime
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Monday 15th January 2024

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for (a) selling and (b) supplying knives to those aged under 18 in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.

Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions in England and Wales for the following offences:

  • 19522 - Selling a blade to a person aged under 18 years
  • 19520 - Summary offences under Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and Criminal Justice Act 1988

These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and using the HO Offence Code filter to select the above offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool.

19520 - Summary offences under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988’ includes offences related to supplying offensive weapons. However, information on whether these relate to supplying knives specifically or whether they are sold to those aged under 18 is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database.

Legislation: Reviews
Asked by: Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 13th December 2023

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans the Home Office has to undertake post-legislative review of (1) the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, (2) the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019, (3) the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, (4) the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020, (5) the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020, and (6) the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020, in line with the policy of reviewing Acts three to five years after enactment.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

We continue to review all aspects of the Compensation Scheme, listening and responding to feedback received from stakeholders and customers to ensure the Scheme is operating effectively for those affected. The Windrush Compensation Scheme will also undertake a review in October 2024, in line with the published Impact Assessment.

The Compensation Scheme has no end date and there is no cap on the number of claims we will accept or the amount of compensation we will pay out.

There is no planned timetable for post legislative scrutiny of the other bills mentioned in the question.

Offensive Weapons
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Monday 4th December 2023

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 202514 and the absence of a reference to that potential legislation in the King's Speech, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals on banning machetes and zombie knives.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Organisations who sell knives to those aged under 18 face a range of fines from £500 to £1 million.

The government keeps knife crime legislation under continual review and has taken action in a number of areas.

The Criminal Justice Bill includes new measures for tackling knife crime, including increasing the maximum penalty for selling specified weapons or for selling any knives to under 18s to 2 years.

This measure will bring the offence within the remit of PACE powers, which is key to the police’s ability to investigate some of the more serious offences, for example, those who sell knives privately to under 18s, or those who sell prohibited weapons through social media or personal messaging applications.

The Criminal Justice Bill will strengthen measures which we took in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 around age verification for online sales, including stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.

Further controls have been introduced through the Online Safety Act 2023 which sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons. Companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share this illegal content, to design their services to mitigate the risk of this occurring and to remove any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.

Ofcom published the first draft codes of practice on illegal content for consultation on 9 November 2023. Government expects these to be finalised in late 2024.These codes of practice will set out the steps companies can take to fulfil the duties for illegal content. In scope services will either need to follow these codes, or show their approach is equally effective.

On 30 August 2023 the Government response to our consultation on new knife legislation was published confirming that the Government will seek to legislate to ban certain types of large knives and machetes. The ban on zombie style machetes and knives will be implemented by secondary legislation when parliamentary time allows.

Consumer Goods: Internet
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Monday 4th December 2023

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of age verification and identity checks by (a) Temu and (b) other online shopping apps for sales of (i) knives and (ii) other age-restricted items.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Organisations who sell knives to those aged under 18 face a range of fines from £500 to £1 million.

The government keeps knife crime legislation under continual review and has taken action in a number of areas.

The Criminal Justice Bill includes new measures for tackling knife crime, including increasing the maximum penalty for selling specified weapons or for selling any knives to under 18s to 2 years.

This measure will bring the offence within the remit of PACE powers, which is key to the police’s ability to investigate some of the more serious offences, for example, those who sell knives privately to under 18s, or those who sell prohibited weapons through social media or personal messaging applications.

The Criminal Justice Bill will strengthen measures which we took in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 around age verification for online sales, including stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.

Further controls have been introduced through the Online Safety Act 2023 which sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons. Companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share this illegal content, to design their services to mitigate the risk of this occurring and to remove any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.

Ofcom published the first draft codes of practice on illegal content for consultation on 9 November 2023. Government expects these to be finalised in late 2024.These codes of practice will set out the steps companies can take to fulfil the duties for illegal content. In scope services will either need to follow these codes, or show their approach is equally effective.

On 30 August 2023 the Government response to our consultation on new knife legislation was published confirming that the Government will seek to legislate to ban certain types of large knives and machetes. The ban on zombie style machetes and knives will be implemented by secondary legislation when parliamentary time allows.

Offensive Weapons: Sales
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Monday 4th December 2023

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of the sale of (a) knives and (b) other illegal weapons on online shopping apps.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Organisations who sell knives to those aged under 18 face a range of fines from £500 to £1 million.

The government keeps knife crime legislation under continual review and has taken action in a number of areas.

The Criminal Justice Bill includes new measures for tackling knife crime, including increasing the maximum penalty for selling specified weapons or for selling any knives to under 18s to 2 years.

This measure will bring the offence within the remit of PACE powers, which is key to the police’s ability to investigate some of the more serious offences, for example, those who sell knives privately to under 18s, or those who sell prohibited weapons through social media or personal messaging applications.

The Criminal Justice Bill will strengthen measures which we took in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 around age verification for online sales, including stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.

Further controls have been introduced through the Online Safety Act 2023 which sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons. Companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share this illegal content, to design their services to mitigate the risk of this occurring and to remove any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.

Ofcom published the first draft codes of practice on illegal content for consultation on 9 November 2023. Government expects these to be finalised in late 2024.These codes of practice will set out the steps companies can take to fulfil the duties for illegal content. In scope services will either need to follow these codes, or show their approach is equally effective.

On 30 August 2023 the Government response to our consultation on new knife legislation was published confirming that the Government will seek to legislate to ban certain types of large knives and machetes. The ban on zombie style machetes and knives will be implemented by secondary legislation when parliamentary time allows.



Secondary Legislation
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024
Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (“section 141”) provides that any person who manufactures, sells or hires or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or hire, or lends or gives to any other person, a weapon to which that section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine or both. The importation of any such weapon is prohibited. Section 141 also provides that any person who possesses in private a weapon to which the section applies is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, to a fine or to both.
Home Office
Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative
Laid: Thursday 25th January - In Force: Not stated

Found: Section 141(12A) is inserted by section 46(15) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17). (2)Inserted



Bill Documents
Jan. 31 2024
Bill 155 2023-24 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill

Found: imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).” (3) In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive

Jan. 31 2024
Bill 155 2023-24 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill

Found: ” (3) In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959— (a) in subsection (1) omit

Jan. 30 2024
All proceedings up to 30 January 2024 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Withdrawn after debate _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Jan. 25 2024
All proceedings up to 25 January 2024 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Withdrawn after debate _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Jan. 23 2024
All proceedings up to 23 January 2024 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Withdrawn after debate _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Jan. 18 2024
Written evidence submitted by Graham T Priest (CJB48)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: Weapons Act 1959, with the additional requirement of manufactured before or after 1945

Jan. 18 2024
All proceedings up to 18 January 2024 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Withdrawn after debate _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Jan. 16 2024
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 16 January 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Withdrawn after debate _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Jan. 11 2024
Written evidence submitted by R E Flook (CJB22)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: Weapons Act 1959, with the additional requirement of manufactured in or before 1945

Jan. 11 2024
Written evidence submitted by R E Flook (CJB22)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: Weapons Act 1959, with the additional requirement of manufactured in or before 1945

Jan. 11 2024
Written evidence submitted by John Pidgeon, CART (CJB34)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: importance for ownership of prohibited offensive weapons under subsection (1A) of Restrictio n of Offensive

Jan. 11 2024
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 January 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive Weapons Act

Jan. 11 2024
Written evidence submitted by John Pidgeon, CART (CJB34)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: importance for ownership of prohibited offensive weapons under subsection (1A) of Restrictio n of Offensive

Jan. 10 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: Wednesday 10 January 2024 4 _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Jan. 09 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 9 January 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive Weapons Act 2019— (a) In section

Jan. 08 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 8 January 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive Weapons Act 2019— (a) In section

Dec. 11 2023
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 11 January 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Withdrawn after debate _54 Alex Norris Clause 10, page 7, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) In the Offensive

Nov. 24 2023
Research Briefing on the Bill
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Briefing papers

Found: other bladed articles in crime , April 2023 44 Criminal Justice Act 1988 , s141 and Restriction of Offensive

Nov. 14 2023
Bill 010 2023-24 (as introduced) - large print
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill

Found: imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).” (3) In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive

Nov. 14 2023
Bill 010 EN 2023-24
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Explanatory Notes

Found: Weapons Act 1959). 3 Clauses 1 1 and 12 introduce a new broader offence of encouraging or assisting

Nov. 14 2023
Bill 010 EN 2023-24 - large print
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Explanatory Notes

Found: Weapons Act 1959). 3 Clauses 1 1 and 12 introduce a new broader offence of encouraging or assisting

Nov. 14 2023
Bill 010 2023-24 (as introduced)
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Bill

Found: ” (3) In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959— 30 (a) in subsection (1)



Department Publications - Statistics
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2023
Document: (Excel)

Found: knownSNMSummary non-motoringOther summary non-motoring offences1952019520 - Summary offences under Restriction of Offensive



Department Publications - Guidance
Friday 19th January 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Criminal Justice Bill: Keeling schedules
Document: Criminal Justice Bill: keeling schedules (PDF)

Found: Children and Young Persons Act 1933 – Schedule 1 P rison Act 1952 – Section 5A R estriction of Offensive



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Mar. 15 2024
Security Industry Authority
Source Page: Door supervisors: training, criminality checks, misconduct
Document: October 2021 edition of the SIA's 'Get Licensed' booklet (PDF)
Transparency

Found: s21(3) – Chemical Weapons Act 1996 Offences in connection with dangerous weaponss1 – Restriction of Offensive

Mar. 15 2024
Security Industry Authority
Source Page: Door supervisors: training, criminality checks, misconduct
Document: January 2021 edition of the SIA's 'Get Licensed' booklet (PDF)
Transparency

Found: s21(3) – Chemical Weapons Act 1996 Offences in connection with dangerous weaponss1 – Restriction of Offensive

Mar. 15 2024
Security Industry Authority
Source Page: Door supervisors: training, criminality checks, misconduct
Document: April 2022 edition of the SIA's 'Get Licensed' booklet (PDF)
Transparency

Found: s21(3) – Chemical Weapons Act 1996 Offences in connection with dangerous weaponss1 – Restriction of Offensive

Mar. 15 2024
Security Industry Authority
Source Page: Door supervisors: training, criminality checks, misconduct
Document: February 2019 edition of the SIA's 'Get Licensed' booklet (PDF)
Transparency

Found: s21(3) – Chemical Weapons Act 1996 Offences in connection with dangerous weapons s1 – Restriction of Offensive



Non-Departmental Publications - Open consultation
Feb. 12 2024
Forensic Science Regulator
Source Page: Forensic science code of practice: version 2
Document: Draft code of practice (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: relevant substance’ means anything listed (irrespective of their concentrations) in Schedule 1 of the Offensive



Draft Secondary Legislation
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024
Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (“section 141”) provides that any person who manufactures, sells or hires or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or hire, or lends or gives to any other person, a weapon to which that section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine or both. The importation of any such weapon is prohibited. Section 141 also provides that any person who possesses in private a weapon to which the section applies is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, to a fine or to both.
Home Office

Found: Section 141(12A) is inserted by section 46(15) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17). (2)Inserted




Offensive Weapons Act 2019 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Tuesday 27th February 2024
Justice Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Source Page: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2023
Document: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2023 (PDF)

Found: ) Act 2021, which came into effect on 24 August 2021; • The enactment of various sections of the Offensive

Tuesday 21st November 2023
Justice Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Source Page: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2023
Document: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2023 (PDF)

Found: ) Act 2021, which came into effect on 24 August 2021; • The enactment of various sections of the Offensive



Scottish Government Consultations

Closed Consultation: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Scottish statutory guidance

Opened: Monday 15th November 2021
Closed: Tuesday 25th January 2022

Found: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Scottish statutory guidance