§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further restrictions he will place on the sale and possession of swords and bayonets. [108755]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeIt is an offence under section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 for any person to have with them an offensive weapon in a public place, including private premises to which the public have access. In addition the Criminal Justice Act 1988 banned the manufacture, sale and importation of 14 bladed, pointed and other offensive weapons in addition to flick knives and gravity knives, the sale of which was already banned under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959.
We are currently considering the appropriateness and feasibility of amending this legislation.