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		</div><p>Stephen Timms called for carrying acid to be made an offence and suggested licensing the purchase of sulphuric acid as he urged a change in sentencing guidelines. The Labour MP, who will lead an adjournment debate on acid attacks in the Commons on Monday, told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme: &#8220;I think that the sentences for attacks of this kind should be reviewed &#8211; the guidelines for sentencing.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think we should have tougher and also more consistent sentences for those who are found guilty of carrying out these attacks.&#8221; Mr Timms said carrying a bottle of sulphuric acid without justification should be treated as an offence, like carrying a knife, and said there was a case to re-examine when it is appropriate to use stop and search powers.</p>
<p>He said: &#8220;I think that carrying acid should in itself be an offence, in the same way that carrying a knife wouldn&#8217;t have been an offence some years ago. &#8220;I think there&#8217;s been a pretty effective change &#8211; I think the same change should be made for acid.&#8221; Mr Timms also called for sulphuric acid to be re-categorised so that a licence is required to buy the chemical, telling the programme: &#8220;Sulphuric acid is already covered by the Explosives Precursor Regulations introduced last year, but it&#8217;s in a kind of lower category in those regulations.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it should be raised to the higher category, which would mean you&#8217;d have to have a licence in order to buy it.&#8221;</p>
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