Knife crime disproportionately affects Scotland more than anywhere else in the UK. Tough and decisive action is required. Labour have called repeatedly on the SNP to hold a national knife amnesty – calls which so far have been ignored. Labour has also brought forward proposals for mandatory custodial sentences for all knife criminals. Our message is simple. Carry a knife, go to jail.

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Iain Gray MSP said:

“Our proposal for a minimum sentence for knife criminals is the right way to send a clear message. That message is – carry and knife and go to jail. I have heard clearly today that Scotland wants action on knives and it’s time for delivery.

"Labour took action on knives whilst in power. We doubled the maximum sentence, we took 13,000 knives off the street in a month’s amnesty but it’s now clear that more needs to be done."