{"value":{"id":1741336,"memberId":533,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State, Home Office","uin":"HLWS210","dateMade":"2024-11-13T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Consultation on legal definition and defences for Ninja Swords","text":"<p>My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention (Dame Diana Johnson) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:</p><p>As part of the Government’s aim to halve knife crime within a decade, we have a manifesto commitment to ban Ninja swords and we will be making the relevant changes in secondary legislation. In preparation for this, today we are launching a public consultation to seek views on the legal definition of Ninja swords and any associated defences to help with the planned legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will run for a 4-week period and provides an opportunity for the public to have their say.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the consultation and related options assessment will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses and published on <a href=\"https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fninja-swords-legal-definition-and-defences&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMark.Woodward%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C6105346319b7434db10108dd03cefc71%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638670909716064830%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EJTnb%2BqFl60lpdmqookQFbydmOhtONaAt4oezPe35kA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Gov.UK</a>.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1741334,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2024-11-13T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1741336","method":"GET"}]}