Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, in moving this instrument I will speak also to the Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026, both of which were laid before the House on 26 February. For ease of discussion, if the House will allow me, I will refer to the first of these...

My Lords, in moving this instrument I will speak also to the Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026, both of which were laid before the House on 26 February. For ease of discussion, if the House will allow me, I will refer to the first of these...

My Lords, the basic idea that the list of controlled drug precursor chemicals should be in sync across the UK and with international agreements that we have signed up to is a clear and reasonable one. More complicated is the process by which we have got here. It is also...

My Lords, the basic idea that the list of controlled drug precursor chemicals should be in sync across the UK and with international agreements that we have signed up to is a clear and reasonable one. More complicated is the process by which we have got here. It is also...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out these two draft instruments, which together update the framework governing drug precursor chemicals. On these Benches, we support the objectives of these measures. Drug precursors play a critical role in the illicit manufacture of controlled substances, and it is right that...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out these two draft instruments, which together update the framework governing drug precursor chemicals. On these Benches, we support the objectives of these measures. Drug precursors play a critical role in the illicit manufacture of controlled substances, and it is right that...

I am grateful for the comments that have been made and I understand the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee’s concerns. I hope that the noble Baroness will forgive me if I say that the Government came into office in July 2024 and, as soon as we identified the challenges posed in...

I am grateful for the comments that have been made and I understand the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee’s concerns. I hope that the noble Baroness will forgive me if I say that the Government came into office in July 2024 and, as soon as we identified the challenges posed in...

This is Armed Forces Week, and as we celebrate the contribution of our armed forces, we must do more to support those who serve our country. Too many of our veterans return home with post-traumatic stress disorder, for which there are few treatment options. Since December 2023, the Home Office...

This is Armed Forces Week, and as we celebrate the contribution of our armed forces, we must do more to support those who serve our country. Too many of our veterans return home with post-traumatic stress disorder, for which there are few treatment options. Since December 2023, the Home Office...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important matter during Armed Forces Week. I am really sorry to hear that there has not been a response forthcoming. She is absolutely right to raise the issue of the mental health trauma suffered by many of our veterans, and the need...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important matter during Armed Forces Week. I am really sorry to hear that there has not been a response forthcoming. She is absolutely right to raise the issue of the mental health trauma suffered by many of our veterans, and the need...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much MDMA by (a) volume and (b) value has been seized in the UK over the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much MDMA by (a) volume and (b) value has been seized in the UK over the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Sheet 3 of the UK Border Force’s quarterly transparency data, updated on 24 August, how many of the MDMA seizures in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022 were consignments intercepted while attempting...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Sheet 3 of the UK Border Force’s quarterly transparency data, updated on 24 August, how many of the MDMA seizures in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022 were consignments intercepted while attempting...

I welcome the strong commitment from the Minister for Defence People and Veterans to supporting the mental health of personnel and veterans. He is probably aware of the interesting international research on the use of MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Will he meet me and others to discuss how we can make it easier to carry out that research in the UK?

I welcome the strong commitment from the Minister for Defence People and Veterans to supporting the mental health of personnel and veterans. He is probably aware of the interesting international research on the use of MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Will he meet me and others to discuss how we can make it easier to carry out that research in the UK?

I am very clear on two points. One is that we will stop at nothing to understand what is the best mental healthcare treatment that we can provide to our veterans in this country; the other is that obviously the classification of substances remains with the Home Office, and there are no plans to change that at the moment.

I am very clear on two points. One is that we will stop at nothing to understand what is the best mental healthcare treatment that we can provide to our veterans in this country; the other is that obviously the classification of substances remains with the Home Office, and there are no plans to change that at the moment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the use of the drug MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the use of the drug MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions related to ecstasy use there have been in (a) Manchester and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions related to ecstasy use there have been in (a) Manchester and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effect recent findings of the Crime Survey for England and Wales on ecstasy use among 16 to 24 years olds will have on her Department's drugs policy; and what steps she is taking to reduce ecstasy use among young...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effect recent findings of the Crime Survey for England and Wales on ecstasy use among 16 to 24 years olds will have on her Department's drugs policy; and what steps she is taking to reduce ecstasy use among young...

Table showing number of drug-related deaths where Ecstasy / MDMA was mentioned on the death certificate, England and Wales, deaths registered between 2007 and 2011. 1 p.

Table showing number of drug-related deaths where Ecstasy / MDMA was mentioned on the death certificate, England and Wales, deaths registered between 2007 and 2011. 1 p.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have died in the last five years from ecstasy tablet use; how many of those deaths were due to poisoning by the pills themselves; and whether there have been recent instances of multiple deaths from contaminated illegal sales.[HL1354]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have died in the last five years from ecstasy tablet use; how many of those deaths were due to poisoning by the pills themselves; and whether there have been recent instances of multiple deaths from contaminated illegal sales.[HL1354]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what licences were held from her Department for the drugs used in the recent Channel 4 documentary on MDMA; what the process is for revoking such licences; and how the process of revocation would be initiated.

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what licences were held from her Department for the drugs used in the recent Channel 4 documentary on MDMA; what the process is for revoking such licences; and how the process of revocation would be initiated.

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To ask Her Majesty's Government what action will be taken following the claim in the Daily Mail of Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, that "taking ecstasy is no more risky than riding a horse".

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action will be taken following the claim in the Daily Mail of Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, that "taking ecstasy is no more risky than riding a horse".

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the downgrading of ecstasy from class A to B if the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs so recommends.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the downgrading of ecstasy from class A to B if the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs so recommends.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to change the drug classification of ecstasy.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to change the drug classification of ecstasy.