Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Grahame Morris (Labour), on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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Drug deaths (No. 2)

That this House is dismayed at annual data released by the Office for National Statistics on 17 October 2025 revealing yet another record number of drug deaths; notes that 5,565 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered in England and Wales in 2024; further notes that opiates and opioids were involved in almost half of these; recognises that recent research from King's College London has shown that many opioid-related deaths are missed from official statistics, raising concerns that underestimation has led to underfunding; is alarmed that deaths related to the synthetic opioid Nitazenes are four times higher than in the previous year; is concerned that cocaine-related deaths have risen for the thirteenth consecutive year; observes that death rates remain highest in areas suffering greatest deprivation; and calls on the Government to acknowledge this is a public health crisis and redouble efforts to tackle it.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2106 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Ayoub Khan

Neil Duncan-Jordan

James McMurdock

Brian Leishman

Subjects

Death Drugs Misuse

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk