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Enforce trade and weapon laws: stop online traders selling knives to children

Submitted by Samantha Halford on Thursday 2nd January 2025

Published on Tuesday 25th February 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 25th August 2025

Signatures: 87

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

10 years ~ 2024 ~ Access ~ Blades ~ Child ~ Children ~ Companies ~ country ~ Crime ~ Criminal ~ Defend ~ delivery ~ Doors ~ England ~ England and Wales ~ Ensure ~ Greater Manchester ~ ID ~ Knife ~ knife crime ~ Knives ~ Law ~ Manchester ~ March ~ Money ~ pocket ~ pocket money ~ Price ~ Sell ~ Target ~ The England ~ Trade ~ UK trade ~ Victim ~ Wales ~ Weapons ~ Years ~ Young people

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 87 signatures in total, with signatories from 66 constituencies. That makes it the 23,066th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 21% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 9% (low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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