Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement statutory measures to ban the sale of zombie knives and machetes.

Between 18 April and 16 June 2023, the Government ran a consultation on new knife legislation proposals to tackle the use of machetes and other bladed articles in criminal activity. The Government published the response to the consultation on 30 August 2023.

Alongside other proposals, the Government intends to ban the import, sale and possession of zombie style knives and machetes.

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 was laid in Parliament on 25 January 2024.

Once the legislation has been approved by Parliament, a surrender scheme will be launched this summer to remove these knives from our streets.

Once the surrender scheme has been completed, the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed from 24 September.