Psychoactive Substances Debate

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Psychoactive Substances

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts
Monday 11th November 2013

(10 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
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Order. I think it is time that we left the subject of caterpillars and lettuces and got to the matter in hand.

Lord Mann Portrait John Mann
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I implore the Minister to reject this European Union attempt further to weaken our approach and to resist what his predecessor did, which was to go around these EU countries looking for ways to weaken our drug laws—precisely what this Government are sneakily doing in order to justify cuts in policing and the closing of police cells in areas like Bassetlaw.