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Tackle the sale of machetes and other bladed articles as Published 18 April 2023

Submitted on Thursday 1st June 2023

Rejected on Monday 5th June 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Tackle the sale of machetes and other bladed articles as Published 18 April 2023

Petition Details

Pass new laws on knife crime as per the consultation on new knife legislation proposals to tackle the use of machetes and other bladed articles in crime
Published 18 April 2023

Additional Information

To many young people dying from knife crime and knives of ridiculous sizes being sold to easily.
Support the consultation and paper to restrict the sale and importation of machetes and blades that have no use or function in our society

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation/consultation-on-new-knife-legislation-proposals-to-tackle-the-use-of-machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-in-crime-accessible


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand you would like changes made to legislation relating to knife crime but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

We currently have the following petitions open on this issue which you might like to sign and share:

Make knife crime prevention a compulsory requirement for all school curriculum
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/634860

Impose minimum sentences for first offence of possession of a knife
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/635897

Introduce tougher sentences for knife crime
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/633328

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