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Proceeding contribution from Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 June 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Sentencing Reform/Legal Aid.


Sentencing Reform/Legal Aid

There are people with better clinical expertise on drug rehabilitation than I, but I share my hon. Friend's instincts. We are seeking to make proper drug rehabilitation programmes work. There is obviously a danger that it sometimes becomes easier to maintain people on methadone, and that is going nowhere in some cases. I am sure that methadone has a place in all this, because people with more knowledge than I have insist that it does, but we are looking for proper rehabilitation wherever possible, with the aim of abstinence and making the person drug free.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
530 c187-8 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Care proceedings Crime Employment Legal aid scheme Eligibility Domestic abuse Drugs Foreign nationals Knives Offenders Pensioners Protection Prisons Public consultation Misuse Rehabilitation Sentencing Special educational needs Remand in custody Squatting Victim support schemes Reparation by offenders Government responses Self-defence Community orders
Legislation
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk