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Drugs: Government Consultation Paper

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

695 c1248-92 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 695 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but I sense that he is about to leave that issu...

Lord Mancroft | 695 c1286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, far be it from me to interrupt the Minister when he is in full flow, but he has made his p...

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Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1286-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, because we believe that our policy is not only right but evidence-based and that we are ma...

Baroness Hanham | 695 c1281-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, in saying that it has been a great privilege to be...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1284-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking all who have taken part in a stimulating debate that has been, as the ...

Earl of Erroll | 695 c1276-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, for the same reasons as my noble friend Lord Adebowale, I apologise to the Minister for mi...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 695 c1278-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been a privilege to listen to the contributions to this debate, and it is particula...

Lord Jay of Ewelme | 695 c1274-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is surely a tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Williamson, attending his last debate as Co...

Lord Adebowale | 695 c1270-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for missing the Minister’s opening of the debate and the contributions of the ...

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 695 c1267-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am associated with several charities in the drug and alcohol field, but today I speak pa...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1290-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes a valid point which, in a sense, is a reflection of the debate. There...

Lord Jay of Ewelme | 695 c1290 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way. Does he agree that those are exactly the sort of is...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1287-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as we have heard in your Lordships’ House, there is clearly a debate in policing agencies....

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 695 c1290 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to intervene briefly on that. I believe that a whole variety of solutions ha...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1290 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a fair point to argue, and it may well be that there is a case for more research wor...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1250-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will aim to pick up on that question later, but I think the figure is based on research ...

Lord Richard | 695 c1250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but before he leaves that immediate point, the re...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 695 c1248-50 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That this House takes note of the Government consultation paper, Drugs: Our Community,...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 695 c1260-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend to address the evidence base for the strategy on drugs and the changing face of d...

Lord Cobbold | 695 c1256-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased that the Government have found time for this important debate, albeit right a...

Lord Mancroft | 695 c1253-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, so kindly reminded us, this debate comes at the end of the...

Lord Ramsbotham | 695 c1264-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am conscious that there are many experts in this House who know a great deal about this ...

Lord Richard | 695 c1259-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief. I have three points to make and then I shall sit down. Before I start, m...

Subjects

Crime Cannabis Decriminalisation Drugs Health education Organised crime Prisoners Misuse Rehabilitation Young people Smuggling Afghanistan Consultation papers Opium

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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