Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 21 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 January 2010. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 February 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.
Opium
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many sites and over how many hectares the illegal growing of opium poppies was discovered in each year since 1997; and in which regions such sites were located.
- Answer
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No data are held as the cultivation of opium poppies is not an unlawful activity under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. An offence of production of a controlled drug is committed under the Act only if the opium is extracted from the opium poppy without such activity being authorised by Home Office license for the purpose of producing opiate medicines.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 505 c199W; 313536
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Opium
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