Levels of self-report offending and drug use among offenders: findings from the Criminality Surveys. 77 p.

Levels of self-report offending and drug use among offenders: findings from the Criminality Surveys. 77 p.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to hospital occurred as a consequence or suspected consequence of alcohol consumption in each primary care trust area in each year since 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to hospital occurred as a consequence or suspected consequence of alcohol consumption in each primary care trust area in each year since 2008-09.

(2) pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1070-72W, on benzodiazepines what legislative provisions in (a) UK and (b) EU law governed the issue of each of the generic lorazepam licences issued between 1981 and 1993;

(2) pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1070-72W, on benzodiazepines what legislative provisions in (a) UK and (b) EU law governed the issue of each of the generic lorazepam licences issued between 1981 and 1993;

Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those serving a prison sentence have been treated for heroin addiction. [25584] [Official Report, 23 November 2010, Vol. 519, c. 287W.] Letter of correction from Mr Nick Herbert: An error has been identified in the written answer...

Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those serving a prison sentence have been treated for heroin addiction. [25584] [Official Report, 23 November 2010, Vol. 519, c. 287W.] Letter of correction from Mr Nick Herbert: An error has been identified in the written answer...

(3) what the name is of each (a) company to which each generic lorazepam licence given since 1980 was granted and (b) product produced under each licence;

(3) what the name is of each (a) company to which each generic lorazepam licence given since 1980 was granted and (b) product produced under each licence;

(4) under what legislative provision the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is authorised to destroy data for licences after 15 years; on what date the present record management policy of the MHRA was implemented; on what date the clinical data files relating to Ativan (lorazepam) were destroyed; and...

(4) under what legislative provision the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is authorised to destroy data for licences after 15 years; on what date the present record management policy of the MHRA was implemented; on what date the clinical data files relating to Ativan (lorazepam) were destroyed; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the evidential basis was for the increase in his Department's maximum recommended period for withdrawal from benzodiazepines;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the evidential basis was for the increase in his Department's maximum recommended period for withdrawal from benzodiazepines;

The purpose of the Armed Forces Bill is to provide the legal basis for the Armed Forces and the system of military law which exists in the UK. It also offers an opportunity to make necessary amendments, such as those required by changes to civilian law in the UK or as a result of cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights. The Bill has also been used, on occasion, to introduce new measures relating to the Armed Forces that fall outside the Bill’s traditional remit.

The purpose of the Armed Forces Bill is to provide the legal basis for the Armed Forces and the system of military law which exists in the UK. It also offers an opportunity to make necessary amendments, such as those required by changes to civilian law in the UK or...

Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE was asked by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Justice to lead a review of drug treatment and interventions in prisons and for people on release from prisons in England and provide a report, with recommendations. The report aims to raise the...

Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE was asked by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Justice to lead a review of drug treatment and interventions in prisons and for people on release from prisons in England and provide a report, with recommendations. The report aims to raise the...

Thirteenth backbench debate (second half). Agreed to on question.

Thirteenth backbench debate (second half). Agreed to on question.

My honourable friend the Minister of State, Department of Health (Paul Burstow) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE was asked by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Justice to lead a review of drug treatment and interventions in prisons and for...

My honourable friend the Minister of State, Department of Health (Paul Burstow) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE was asked by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Justice to lead a review of drug treatment and interventions in prisons and for...

Reducing Drug-Related Crime and Rehabilitating Offenders: Recovery and rehabilitation for drug users in prison and on release: recommendations for action. 218 p.

Reducing Drug-Related Crime and Rehabilitating Offenders: Recovery and rehabilitation for drug users in prison and on release: recommendations for action. 218 p.

No, I do not agree, and those figures will not bear scrutiny. That is what we ought to do—scrutinise what the hon. Gentleman has just said. We ought to bring some reason to bear, rather than make simple allegations and claims. Everyone said that, when we reclassified, cannabis use would...

No, I do not agree, and those figures will not bear scrutiny. That is what we ought to do—scrutinise what the hon. Gentleman has just said. We ought to bring some reason to bear, rather than make simple allegations and claims. Everyone said that, when we reclassified, cannabis use would...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his courage and vision, and it is a pleasure to be here today. Does he not agree, having heard the nonsensical intervention from the hon. Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths), that the classifications have almost nothing to do with use of the drug...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his courage and vision, and it is a pleasure to be here today. Does he not agree, having heard the nonsensical intervention from the hon. Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths), that the classifications have almost nothing to do with use of the drug...

I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his courage in holding the debate today. It is a welcome contribution to the general debate that we should be having on the subject. As he will know, Brighton and Hove has a high rate of deaths related to heroine. Does he agree...

I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his courage in holding the debate today. It is a welcome contribution to the general debate that we should be having on the subject. As he will know, Brighton and Hove has a high rate of deaths related to heroine. Does he agree...

We should listen to the experts. I went to see the person who runs the drug treatment facilities for Coventry and Warwickshire in Coventry city centre a few weeks ago, in preparation for this debate. He said that, to some degree—and if they do not go too far—we ought to...

We should listen to the experts. I went to see the person who runs the drug treatment facilities for Coventry and Warwickshire in Coventry city centre a few weeks ago, in preparation for this debate. He said that, to some degree—and if they do not go too far—we ought to...

The right hon. Gentleman mentioned science, and I saw Professor Nutt on television today, coming to his aid and supporting his proposition. I have listened to his reasoned speech, in which he has set out why he thinks this is important, but he has not mentioned anybody involved in drug...

The right hon. Gentleman mentioned science, and I saw Professor Nutt on television today, coming to his aid and supporting his proposition. I have listened to his reasoned speech, in which he has set out why he thinks this is important, but he has not mentioned anybody involved in drug...

I intend to move on to what I am proposing shortly and knock down some of the things that have been said that are not true. During the changes that we made in 2002, a young and newly-elected Conservative Member was a member of the Home Affairs Committee—he is now...

I intend to move on to what I am proposing shortly and knock down some of the things that have been said that are not true. During the changes that we made in 2002, a young and newly-elected Conservative Member was a member of the Home Affairs Committee—he is now...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a strong case for harm minimisation, as if it were the solution to the problem, but does he not accept that the figures show that 95,000 people in the UK have been on a methadone script for more than a year? Of those 95,000, 25%...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a strong case for harm minimisation, as if it were the solution to the problem, but does he not accept that the figures show that 95,000 people in the UK have been on a methadone script for more than a year? Of those 95,000, 25%...