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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIn terms of better regulation, I do not think that it has but I will double-check before Report. It probably has not. The noble Earl, Lord Listowel, asked about the position in…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, for affording us the opportunity to discuss her amendment and to outline the Government’s approach to tackling that combined problem of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillWe have to get the balance right between protecting vulnerable people from becoming further involved in drugs or crime generally and criminalising some of the people who caused…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am happy to discuss this further with the noble Baroness. She and I have had many discussions on this subject—we have not had one for a while, so perhaps it would be worth…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI would hope the noble Lord thinks the Government always try to give comprehensive answers to things raised. Moving swiftly on, Amendment 42 would in effect extend the offence…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat is good. These would not fall within the definition in the Bill as they do not generally have a blade. It is our intention that the definition of “bladed product” excludes…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the purpose of the amendments in this group is to remove loopholes in the law relating to the sale of offensive weapons to persons under the age of 18. Amendment 40…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI can utterly appreciate the noble Baroness’s point. When I look at legislation, I have to refer to other legislation, and it can be a minefield, but such is the nature of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThey can be found in regulations associated with the Acts I have just mentioned.30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am sorry—well, I would have accepted the point. In addition, simply being part of a scheme or being in possession of a seal of approval as a trusted trader does not guarantee…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am sure that I could point to such cases if I had them in front of me. What I can point to is the evidence I have just given to the Committee that young people have said it is…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord, Lord Paddick, is right. I am very grateful to him because now I do not have to explain it.30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI hope the noble Lord will not mind if I intervene on that point. He is right that, if you want to commit knife crime, you could go to your kitchen drawer and probably get a…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord makes a very good point. Young people are being forced to carry knives for protection. We have an awful situation where young people become both victims and…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy noble and learned friend would have a very good point if it was clear that the object contained in the package was a knife. It becomes a lot more difficult where it is not…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord is right that a house could be registered for business purposes because it could be a business. I think we went through that on Monday. Clause 20 creates an offence…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord will know that the last thing this Government want to do is to make things difficult for British companies, but we want to clamp down on some of the terrible…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, says, these amendments return us to the debate we had on Monday about the proper construction of the offences in the Bill. We had a good…30 Jan 2019