Home Department written question – answered am ar 9 Gorffennaf 2009.
Tom Watson
Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to introduce a national knife amnesty.
David Hanson
Minister of State (Home Office) (Crime and Policing)
The Government do not have any current plans for the introduction of a national knife amnesty.
In June 2007, the Home Office and ACPO published Knife Crime Best Practice for police forces in England and Wales, including the use of knife amnesties. This built upon the lessons learned from the National Knife Amnesty run in partnership with ACPO in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from
Police forces can if they wish run local knife amnesties taking advice from ACPO and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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