Petitions/Increase minimum sentences for knife crimes including possession and use
StatusClosed
Opened13 Nov 2025
Closes13 May 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We would like the law changed and stiffer min sentences given out for knife crime: - 5 years in prison for being in possession of a knife. - 10 years in prison for using a knife to causing harm to a person. - 25 years for taking a life with a knife.

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John McDonnell
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Hayes and Harlington
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Seema Malhotra
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Feltham and Heston
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8Kenneth Stevenson MP
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