§ Mr. Laversasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to cases of wounding as a result of the unrestricted sale of commando daggers to schoolboys; and if he will consider restricting the sale of these weapons.
§ Mr. EdeMy attention has not been drawn to any case in which a knife of the type used by Commandos has been employed by a schoolboy for wounding, and my information is that these weapons are not on sale through ordinary trade channels. There is reason to believe that, in2510W some cases, weapons wrongly described as "Commando knives" are being offered for sale by tradesmen, but I have no power to restrict this practice.