§ 59. Captain Pilkingtonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any decision has yet been reached to prohibit the import of flick-knives from Italy.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeIn the reply I gave to Questions on the subject of spring-clip knives on 25th October, I said that my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade and I were 65W in consultation with the representative trade associations about the possibility of cutting off the supply of these knives to young persons by voluntary action on the part of traders. As a result of these consultations we have decided that the problem can best be dealt with in this way rather than by legislation or prohibition of imports. I am confident that all traders, including manufacturers, importers, wholesalers and retailers, whether members of trade associations or not, will co-operate by refusing to handle these knives, except to the extent that they are supplying them to customers known to have some legitimate use for them.