Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 14 April 2026, in the House of Commons, led by Sarah Jones.

Knife Crime

Statement on the Government's plan to halve knife crime in a decade.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 783 cc712-730
Session: 2024-26
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Protecting Lives, Building Hope: A Plan to Halve Knife Crime
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
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House of Lords; Correspondence from the Minister for Policing and Crime
Tuesday, 14 April 2026
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Proceeding contributions: Sarah Jones | 783 cc712-4 (Link to this contribution)
Before I come to the statement, I want to echo the Home Secretary’s words yesterday following the...; Caroline Nokes | 783 c714 (Link to this contribution)
I call the shadow Minister.
1.39 pm; Matt Vickers | 783 cc714-5 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. Halving knife crime is a measure that ev...; Sarah Jones | 783 cc715-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the shadow Minister for welcoming the target of halving knife crime, the content of the p...; Sam Carling | 783 c716 (Link to this contribution)
On Sunday, there was a horrific attack in my constituency; a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c716 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for his question; of course, all our thoughts are with the family of his c...; Caroline Nokes | 783 c716 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.; Luke Taylor | 783 c717 (Link to this contribution)
The Liberal Democrats welcome the publication of the strategy, and I am particularly glad to note...; Sarah Jones | 783 cc717-8 (Link to this contribution)
I appreciate the Liberal Democrats welcoming the plan. I join the hon. Gentleman in praising the ...; Caroline Nokes | 783 c718 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Justice Committee.; Andy Slaughter | 783 c718 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for agreeing to meet me and members of the safer knives group, which brings ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c718 (Link to this contribution)
I applaud the work that my hon. Friend has been doing with others, including Leanne Lucas, who wa...; Julian Lewis | 783 c718 (Link to this contribution)
Where psychopaths are concerned, deterrence is unlikely to work, but I was interested to hear an ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c719 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, the right hon. Gentleman is right that a very high proportion of people who commit knife off...; Claire Hazelgrove | 783 c719 (Link to this contribution)
A family and my whole community have been left reeling, following the fatal stabbing of Jamie Col...; Sarah Jones | 783 c719 (Link to this contribution)
All our condolences go to Jamie’s family at this incredibly difficult time. I know that the commu...; Monica Harding | 783 c720 (Link to this contribution)
I had the opportunity to go out with the local police in my constituency on an operation to comba...; Sarah Jones | 783 c720 (Link to this contribution)
We are already putting in place a range of interventions through the Crime and Policing Bill—whic...; Jim McMahon | 783 c720 (Link to this contribution)
If we want to end the scourge of knife crime, we have to tackle supply, demand, enforcement, educ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c720 (Link to this contribution)
We are working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on where the Young Futures hubs w...; Ben Obese-Jecty | 783 c721 (Link to this contribution)
It was around this time last year that I led the Backbench Business debate in the Chamber on prev...; Sarah Jones | 783 c721 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the strategy and for the work he has done. He is absolut...; Lewis Atkinson | 783 c721 (Link to this contribution)
My family sadly knows the devastating consequences of knife crime. As the Government launch their...; Sarah Jones | 783 c722 (Link to this contribution)
May I say how sorry I am to hear about the death of my hon. Friend’s relative? What a tragedy tha...; Joy Morrissey | 783 c722 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister speak to Sadiq Khan and ask him to get a grip on the knife crime epidemic that ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c722 (Link to this contribution)
Can I start by saying that I am very sorry that somebody from the Tea Room was attacked last week...; Jessica Toale | 783 c723 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the serious action that this Government are taking to tackle knife crime. My constituen...; Sarah Jones | 783 c723 (Link to this contribution)
I assure my hon. Friend that every part of the country, including Bournemouth, will be part of ou...; Sarah Pochin | 783 c723 (Link to this contribution)
While I of course welcome the statement and any attempt to reduce and tackle knife crime, does th...; Sarah Jones | 783 c723 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the hon. Lady’s welcoming of the statement—it is appreciated.
Stop and search is ...; Mohammad Yasin | 783 c723 (Link to this contribution)
Bedfordshire police welcomes the Government’s plan to refer all child knife possession cases to y...; Sarah Jones | 783 cc723-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and pay tribute to the police in Bedfordshire, who I know...; Adam Dance | 783 c724 (Link to this contribution)
Sadly, we have had several stabbings in Yeovil, which has led to growing local anxiety. My consti...; Sarah Jones | 783 c724 (Link to this contribution)
I want to reassure the hon. Member’s constituents in Yeovil that I understand their concern. Neig...; Marsha De Cordova | 783 c724 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for her statement, and welcome the Government’s plan to halve knife crime in...; Sarah Jones | 783 c724 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her question—how sorry I am that a 25-year-old lost their life recentl...; Iqbal Mohamed | 783 c725 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for her statement and welcome the Government’s plan to halve knife crime in ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c725 (Link to this contribution)
Our knife crime concentrations fund of £26 million will be targeted at areas where there is a hig...; 783 c725 (Link to this contribution); Caroline Nokes | 783 c725 (Link to this contribution)
I encourage Members to ask short questions. We have important business on crime and policing to f...; Helen Hayes | 783 c725 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the publication of this strategy, and I pay tribute to the Minister for her strong comm...; Sarah Jones | 783 c726 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend and I take the same approach, and knife crime is such an important issue in our co...; Shockat Adam | 783 c726 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Minister’s statement, and I send my deepest sympathy to the families of everyone wh...; Sarah Jones | 783 c726 (Link to this contribution)
I express my condolences over the death of the man in the hon. Member’s constituency. Grassroots ...; Rebecca Long Bailey | 783 c726 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Minister’s comments, but she will know that youth charities have described knife cr...; Sarah Jones | 783 c727 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The decimation of our youth services that we saw over the pas...; Rachel Hopkins | 783 c727 (Link to this contribution)
In Luton South and South Bedfordshire, we know all too well the devastating impact of knife crime...; Sarah Jones | 783 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I am interested in what the Luton Youth Partnership Service is doing, and perhaps my hon. Friend ...; Stella Creasy | 783 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I know that the Minister, like me, has had conversations with a parent who has lost a loved one. ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c728 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work that she does in her constituency, and I send my con...; Natasha Irons | 783 c728 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for her tireless work and campaigning on this issue, both in this place and ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c728 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her kind words, and I know that we tackle this issue together in Croyd...; John Grady | 783 c728 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Labour Government’s focus on knife crime. One courageous family in my constituency ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c728 (Link to this contribution)
What a horrific thing it is that has happened in my hon. Friend’s community—the murder of a child...; Catherine Atkinson | 783 c729 (Link to this contribution)
Derby is a city that unites to tackle the toughest challenges. When more co-ordination has been n...; Sarah Jones | 783 c729 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for the work that she is doing in bringing together local organisations to...; Jen Craft | 783 c729 (Link to this contribution)
Like many other Members on both sides of the House, I am often struck by the courage and bravery ...; Sarah Jones | 783 c729 (Link to this contribution)
I never cease to be amazed by how incredibly resilient people are in their ability to suffer such...; Luke Myer | 783 c729 (Link to this contribution)
I regularly raise the need for more resources for frontline policing in Cleveland. We have a smal...; Sarah Jones | 783 c730 (Link to this contribution)
Cleveland police is one of the forces that we talk to regularly, because, as my hon. Friend says,...; Jonathan Brash | 783 c730 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the 8% reduction in knife crime and the increase in neighbourhood policing, which has s...; Sarah Jones | 783 c730 (Link to this contribution)
I have spoken to forces in areas across the country where the distance that has to be travelled j...; Baggy Shanker | 783 c730 (Link to this contribution)
In Derby and Derbyshire, 71% of habitual knife carriers are aged 25 or under. Does the Minister a...; Sarah Jones | 783 c730 (Link to this contribution)
Knife crime is horrific in all its forms, but there is something uniquely horrific about young pe...
Subjects: Crime prevention Neighbourhood policing Finance Enforcement Homicide Rehabilitation Knives Offenders Police Misuse Sales Schools Stop and search Young people Youth services
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Knife Crime

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