StatusClosed
Opened20 Dec 2024
Closes20 Jun 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones✓ 10,000
Establish a violence reduction unit like the Scottish Government did to minimise knife crime.
Introduce a mandatory 5 year sentence for carrying knives. Increase stop & search powers. Because we believe knife crime is totally out of control. The VRU is what Scotland has done to combat that.
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Government response
There are already 20 Violence Reduction Units established in England and Wales, many of them based on Scotland’s model, and all of them integral to our mission to halve knife crime within a decade.
Constituency engagement ranking
1Dr Neil Hudson MP
Epping Forest2Alex Burghart MP
Brentwood and Ongar3Julia Lopez MP
Hornchurch and Upminster4Graham Stringer MP
Blackley and Middleton South5Andrew Rosindell MP
Romford6Chris Vince MP
Harlow7Mr Louie French MP
Old Bexley and Sidcup8Karin Smyth MP
Bristol South9Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
Chingford and Woodford Green10Mr Richard Holden MP
Basildon and Billericay