Question
I thank the Home Secretary for her answers and for her commitment to trying to stop knife crime. One of the greatest ways of stopping knife crime across this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is to ensure that people cannot buy knives. What is she doing to ensure that access to knives, whether through sections of the media or industry, is stopped? If we stop the knives, we stop the crime.
Answer
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It is imperative that we get knives off our streets, and he will know that we have already taken 63,000 knives off our streets and banned ninja swords. We will make more progress, including on a consultation that we have recently carried out looking at a wider regime for the sale of knives, and we will update the House on that in due course.29% vibes
Verdict: AMBER (40/100)
The reply addresses part of the question. It points to the ban on ninja swords and a recent consultation on a wider regime for selling knives, which covers the retail and industry route to access. It says nothing about the media channel the question specifically raised, and it defers the consultation outcome to a future update, so the asker would likely need to follow up on both points.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is the Home Secretary doing to ensure that access to knives, including through sections of the media or industry, is stopped? | Partially Addressed | Direct | The reply names concrete measures bearing on access to knives: the ban on ninja swords and a recent consultation on a wider regime for the sale of knives, which addresses the industry/retail channel. However, it says nothing about the media channel the question explicitly mentions, and it defers the substance of the consultation outcome to a future update. |