Drugs Misuse - All Types

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) They raise very serious questions about the misuse of funds and the pressure put on others to facilitate - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) which is a much appreciated and convenient scheme that enables people to access certain prescription drugs - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Covid-19: Response and Excess Deaths - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Andrew Bridgen (Ind - North West Leicestershire) and morphine to people dying of cancer is reasonable, but there is a side effect, which is that those drugs - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) If the drugs are potentially significantly harmful to a large number of patients, those drugs do not - Speech Link
3: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) public, and the whole purpose is scientific interrogation and analysis, it should not be possible to misuse - Speech Link
4: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) The efficacy of drugs needs to be reviewed over periods of time, and the science needs to be fully understood - Speech Link
5: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) Evusheld 2, and I very much support the right of clinically vulnerable communities to access those drugs - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 17 2024

Found: subject to a removal decision under the EEA Regu lations on the grounds of their non -exercise or misuse

Select Committee

FRS0010 - Fire and Rescue Service

Written Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Inquiry: Fire and Rescue Service
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: Serious loss, damage to, or misuse of the Fire and Rescue Service’s property, assets, documents or

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Inquiry: Prisons in Wales
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: has said, while the MDT does help to bridge the gap in particular around mental health and substance misuse

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Inquiry: Violence and abuse towards retail workers
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: The Committee undertook an inquiry into drugs recently.

Lords Chamber
Cass Review - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, my focus is on the misuse of drugs for unlicensed purposes. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 16 2024

Found: Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex; and the UNCTAD–United Nations Office on Drugs

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: Industrial policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: What impact does the Home Office licensing and scheduling regime under the Misuse of Drugs Act have

Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) Friend suggesting that we repeal the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, under which cannabis is prohibited? - Speech Link
2: Elizabeth Truss (Con - South West Norfolk) I certainly do not support the liberalisation of those drugs. - Speech Link
3: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Friend says that drugs destroy lives, but tobacco does not. - Speech Link
4: Simon Clarke (Con - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) Friend, I said that those drugs destroy communities. There is a profound difference. - Speech Link
5: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) I understand banning drugs. I understand banning drinking and driving. - Speech Link