Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Grahame Morris (Labour), on Wednesday, 6 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 12 members in total.

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Public Accounts Committee report entitled Reducing the harm from illegal drugs

That this House welcomes the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, Reducing the harm from illegal drugs, published in February 2024; notes that this acknowledges recent progress in workforce recruitment and countering county lines; heeds and highlights the PAC’s warning that, should the Joint Combating Drugs Unit, the Department of Health and Social Care and other Government departments fail to develop a compelling case for the sustained investment needed to reduce the growing harms from illegal drugs, then such progress will be wasted; endorses its recognition that, if the aims of Dame Carol Black’s independent review and the Government’s subsequent drugs strategy are to be realised and drug deaths can be reduced significantly, then further action is required urgently; further notes that, given the context of a significant erosion of councils’ capacity and capability to deliver, the report urges the Government to provide local authorities with more confidence over long-term funding to enable long-term planning; and calls upon the Government adopt the six recommendations of the PAC report and reaffirm its commitment to long-term funding of treatment services.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

478 

Session

2023-24

Other sponsors

Ian Mearns

Rachael Maskell

Liz Saville Roberts

Kate Hollern

Dan Carden

Subjects

Drugs Misuse

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk