HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 c649W
25. Mr. Stott

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to ban the advertising of knives in ways which appear to incite or condone violence. [942]

Mr. Maclean

It is already an offence for a person to incite another to commit an offence. The content of advertisements is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority under a code of advertising practice which states that advertisements should not contain anything which might condone or encourage violent or anti-social behaviour.

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