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Introduce background checks for buying knives

Submitted by Oliver Jennings on Thursday 24th July 2025

Published on Monday 11th August 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 11th February 2026

Signatures: 145

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Access ~ At Home ~ Bringing ~ Broad ~ Buying ~ checks ~ Children ~ Crime ~ Ensure ~ Essential ~ EVIL ~ Knife ~ knife crime ~ Knives ~ part ~ Scale ~ scales ~ Tackling ~ Target

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Introduce background checks for buying knives

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