Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Flynn (Labour), on Monday, 22 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 30 members in total.

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CANNABIS RECLASSIFICATION AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

That this House congratulates the Daily Telegraph for its editorial comments 'They (the Conservatives) could win themselves broad support by allowing decriminalisation (of cannabis) for a trial period, a position we first advocated six months ago. It would begin to take power away from criminals' (9th October 2000); welcomes its view that decriminalisation is unlikely to succeed if applied only to one small area of London and that an experimental change in the law is needed everywhere (28th March 2001); and regrets the paper's recent descent into hysterical politically motivated reporting on the Home Secretary's courageous reform.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CANNABIS RECLASSIFICATION AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (1678A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Evan Harris (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Thursday, 31 October 2002. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

leave out 'corrageous' and insert 'half-hearted'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1678 

1678A1 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Cannabis Decriminalisation Greater London Drugs Misuse The Daily Telegraph

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk