Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the timescale for bringing into force of section 52 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 on the offence of threatening with an offensive weapon etc in a private place.

Section 52 was brought into force on 6 April 2022 by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022.