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Commons Chamber
Dangerous Drugs - Tue 12 Sep 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) I beg to move,That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) So by controlling nitrous oxide as a class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act, it will not just be - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) The Home Affairs Committee recently concluded in its report on drugs that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - Speech Link
4: Dan Poulter (CON - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) of Drugs Act 1971.”Secondly,“Proportionality of sanctions: the offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Sep 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) The Government will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 this afternoon. - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Advocate’s new policy not to prosecute drug users for possession offences committed within a pilot safer drugs - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) periods for the serious offence of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs - Speech Link
4: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) The scale of the illegal drugs problem in prisons was such that five years ago the Government introduced - Speech Link
5: Damian Hinds (CON - East Hampshire) recovery wings and incentivised subsidised free living, and ensuring that security is able to stop drugs - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) of Lords amendments to the Online Safety Bill, followed by a debate on a motion to approve the draft Misuse - Speech Link


Written Statements
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Reappointment of Chair - Mon 04 Sep 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Suella Braverman (CON - Fareham) pleased to announce that Professor Owen Bowden-Jones has been re-appointed to the Advisory Council on the Misuse - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Advanced Artificial Intelligence - Mon 24 Jul 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Houghton of Richmond (CB - Life peer) of international agreement or enhancements to international law or treaty obligations to prevent the misuse - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (CB - Life peer) machine learning models, most famously AlphaFold, have a well-known role in the discovery of useful drugs - Speech Link
3: Lord Rees of Ludlow (CB - Life peer) This may be scaremongering, but the misuse or malfunction of AI is certainly a potential societal threat - Speech Link


Written Statements
Public Safety Updates - Thu 20 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) plan—First Annual ReportIn December 2021 we published our landmark cross-Government drugs strategy, - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23 - Tue 18 Jul 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) from the most deprived parts of the country, to have caring responsibilities, or to be subject to the misuse - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Prison: Support for Dependent Children - Tue 18 Jul 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) number of other very serious traumas for a child, including maternal mental health issues and substance misuse - Speech Link
2: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (CON - Life peer) Minister accept that in some places in the United Kingdom where there have been a lot of problems, drugs - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UN High-level Meetings in 2023 - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Virendra Sharma (LAB - Ealing, Southall) often associated with factors that can themselves create stigma: HIV status, poverty, drug and alcohol misuse - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) workers and patients increasingly turn to antibiotics in the absence of clean water, resulting in the misuse - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) 1965, when TB was a significant problem in western countries such as ours, eight different anti-TB drugs - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road Bikes - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) Let me share a couple of examples of the impact that those bikes and the youths that misuse them have - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) The Government need to deliver tougher sanctions and consequences for those found to misuse bikes, and - Speech Link
3: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) Bikes have even been used to deal drugs in that space. - Speech Link
4: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) The first was to consult the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. - Speech Link