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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I hear what the Minister says, but this would not cover Amazon, because at the moment the selling is done from abroad.30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am very grateful to my noble friend for that explanation. I shall read it with care in Hansard . I expect, as with the previous amendment, that I might like to ask her to put…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, perhaps I may address that particular point in relation to Section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, which refers to, “any article which has a blade or is sharply…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillNo.30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 42 I will also speak to Amendments 54 and 57. I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for educating me in the course of the last amendment. I…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the Government have certain contradictions in the way they are approaching this. Suppose a Dutch company sells a knife to a residential address. It drops it into the…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I sympathise with the request made by the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for some information from the Minister on why this clause will make anything better. I have been…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am still at a loss as to why we have two systems in this Bill—Clause 4 and Clause 17 —applying to products which the Government say are equally dangerous. If we need…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am clearly reading Clause 4 wrong. It appears to permit delivery to residential premises. I am sure the noble Lord has read the clause better than me. It just appears to ask for…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, as usual, I need educating. How is even a British business to know that a particular address is residential? What source of information do the Government expect a seller…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI was still mid-flow. Having allowed those interventions, I very much hope that the Government will listen to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and consider whether there is something…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, as has been pointed out already, these are absolute offences in this Bill. Therefore, people ought to know what it takes to be guilty of that offence. The clause here…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillBut this is an overseas seller. It is not subject to this law. It just sends a plain package.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillHow can the courier know that there is a corrosive substance in the package? It will just say Amazon on the outside.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat seems a bit odd. If you can get the corrosive stuff only from overseas sellers, you will get the rest of your stuff from an overseas seller too because it is that much more…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, it was those sorts of concerns that led to me think of taking photographs, because taking a photograph of a document is a reasonable precaution. If you have not done it,…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for saying that there will be guidance. Perhaps we might drop that into the Bill on Report, just to make sure. I think that guidance would…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 13, 14 and 15 in this group. I do not put any particular weight on the drafting of these amendments. What concerns me is that we are…28 Jan 2019