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Legislative debate on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Alan Campbell. The answering member was James Brokenshire.

Dangerous Drugs

Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2010. Debate on a motion to approve. Agreed on question.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
508 c1027-43 
Session
2009-10
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-1092
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Statutory instruments
House of Commons
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
James Brokenshire | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) To quote what is becoming an increasingly—
Evan Harris | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
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Speaker | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think the hon. Gentleman has indicated that he is not giving way at the moment.
Evan Harris | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Keith Vaz | 508 c1038 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is what the Select Committee report said. The need for pers...
Speaker | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Order. He is simply not giving way.
James Brokenshire | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) To quote what is becoming an increasingly well-worn but entirely apt phrase, we simply cannot go on ...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1036-8 (Link to this contribution) There is agreement, at least between the two Front Benchers who have addressed the House so far, tha...
David Winnick | 508 c1038 (Link to this contribution) Has my right hon. Friend not touched on the nub of the problem? How do we persuade people, and parti...
Evan Harris | 508 c1039-40 (Link to this contribution) I want to make some progress first. The position of the Liberal Democrats is that we should, by and...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1040 (Link to this contribution) I agree to this extent: the hon. Gentleman is coming round to the view that scientific advice is, in...
Evan Harris | 508 c1039 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the speech of the right hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz)—made ...
Brian Iddon | 508 c1038 (Link to this contribution) Over the past few weeks, many people have been saying that mephedrone is killing young people, yet t...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1039 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give my hon. Friend an assurance on that, as it will depend on various factors. He is right...
Evan Harris | 508 c1040-2 (Link to this contribution) I have not come round to that; it was my position five years ago. If the right hon. Gentleman looked...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1043 (Link to this contribution) In the short time available to me, I wish to comment, in reverse order, on the main points that have...
Evan Harris | 508 c1027 (Link to this contribution) The Minister describes the current relationship as strong, but recently there have been two resignat...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1027 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my right hon. Friend speaks wise words. Of course Ministers ultimately decide and advisers ...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1027 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the Minister has said so far, and I hope to catch Mr. Deputy Speaker's eye and contri...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1027 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2010, which was laid before...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1028-9 (Link to this contribution) We do work with our colleagues in Europe and, indeed, further afield. What my right hon. Friend says...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1028 (Link to this contribution) Britain cannot deal with the problem on its own. Is it not important that we work with our EU partne...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1029-30 (Link to this contribution) I shall come to that in a moment, but let me first finish my point. When talking about criminalisati...
Evan Harris | 508 c1029 (Link to this contribution) The Minister says the Government's intention is not to criminalise young people. What is the age cut...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1030 (Link to this contribution) I will perhaps return to the hon. Gentleman's second point in my closing remarks, if I may. On the p...
Evan Harris | 508 c1030 (Link to this contribution) I am not seeking to interrupt the Minister, but I was not sure whether he was going to answer my que...
James Brokenshire | 508 c1030 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister will be aware, when cannabis was reclassified as a class B drug, a separate regime w...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1027-8 (Link to this contribution) One just has to look at the order, the agreement between the council and the Home Secretary, and wha...
Alan Campbell | 508 c1028 (Link to this contribution) Of course that is the reason why we are bringing forward the order. I pay tribute to the hon. Gentle...
William Cash | 508 c1028 (Link to this contribution) It is perfectly true that neither the Minister nor the Home Secretary are trying to avoid their resp...
James Brokenshire | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) I will not. This episode has come at a time when an effective relationship between the Home Office ...
Evan Harris | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
James Brokenshire | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman made an important point in an earlier intervention about the relative role ...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to stop the hon. Gentleman in mid-flow. I know that the personality issue and the questio...
James Brokenshire | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Instead we have had disunity, disagreement, resignations and delay.
Evan Harris | 508 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
James Brokenshire | 508 c1032-5 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the policy or the promotion of the idea that the hon. Gentleman suggests. The proposal...
Brian Iddon | 508 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the UK Drug Policy Commission made a category X proposal some time ...
James Brokenshire | 508 c1031-2 (Link to this contribution) We support the order. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has given clear advice that mephed...
Keith Vaz | 508 c1039 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Alan Campbell | 508 c1030-1 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue, because that is not what I am suggesting...
Subjects
Drugs Health education Imports Misuse Regulation Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Mephedrone
Legislation
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2010
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