My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her Question. We have put over 2,000 uses of community rights into place. We have put in place a £50 million support programme, which includes a helpline, online tools and resources, and specialist support and grants. We also continue to promote take-up of the rights through local, national and consumer press, the broadcast media, ministerial visits and conferences and are working with people such as CAMRA and Supporters Direct.

My Lords, we are carefully considering the Electoral Commission’s recent report and its three main recommendations and will respond in the coming months. We welcome the commission’s finding that electoral fraud is not widespread and agree that we should continue to consider ways to safeguard electoral integrity. That is why the Government are introducing individual electoral registration from June this year, which will help make registration more secure.

Since January 2011 the Government has banned in excess of two hundred new psychoactive substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 using generic definitions that capture groups of drugs.

The Government continues to work with law enforcement agencies to disrupt the reckless trade in new psychoactive substances.

The Home Office recently published guidance for local authorities on a range of legislative tools available to tackle shops selling new psychoactive substances (‘head-shops’) across the UK. This includes information on the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 which makes it an offence for a person to supply a substance that is not already controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, to a person under the age of 18 if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that the substance is likely to be inhaled by that person, for the purpose of causing intoxication. Last year two ‘legal-high’ sellers were successfully prosecuted using this legislation.

So-called ‘legal highs’ often contain substances we have already banned in the UK. In November 2013 a concerted enforcement activity resulted in 73 warrants being issued, 44 arrests made and the seizure of a large number of banned new psychoactive substances. The police also issued over 550 warning letters to both ‘head-shops’ and people purchasing new psychoactive substances.

We are looking at ways to further strengthen the UK’s response to these new drugs. The Minister for Crime Prevention is leading a review which is looking at how we can ensure that law enforcement agencies have the best available powers and send out the clearest possible message that the trade in these substances is reckless and that these substances can be dangerous to health, even fatal.

Since January 2011 the Government has banned in excess of two hundred new psychoactive substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 using generic definitions that capture groups of drugs.

The Government continues to work with law enforcement agencies to disrupt the reckless trade in new psychoactive substances.

The Home Office recently published guidance for local authorities on a range of legislative tools available to tackle shops selling new psychoactive substances (‘head-shops’) across the UK. This includes information on the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 which makes it an offence for a person to supply a substance that is not already controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, to a person under the age of 18 if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that the substance is likely to be inhaled by that person, for the purpose of causing intoxication. Last year two ‘legal-high’ sellers were successfully prosecuted using this legislation.

So-called ‘legal highs’ often contain substances we have already banned in the UK. In November 2013 a concerted enforcement activity resulted in 73 warrants being issued, 44 arrests made and the seizure of a large number of banned new psychoactive substances. The police also issued over 550 warning letters to both ‘head-shops’ and people purchasing new psychoactive substances.

We are looking at ways to further strengthen the UK’s response to these new drugs. The Minister for Crime Prevention is leading a review which is looking at how we can ensure that law enforcement agencies have the best available powers and send out the clearest possible message that the trade in these substances is reckless and that these substances can be dangerous to health, even fatal.

Since January 2011 the Government has banned in excess of two hundred new psychoactive substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 using generic definitions that capture groups of drugs.

The Government continues to work with law enforcement agencies to disrupt the reckless trade in new psychoactive substances.

The Home Office recently published guidance for local authorities on a range of legislative tools available to tackle shops selling new psychoactive substances (‘head-shops’) across the UK. This includes information on the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 which makes it an offence for a person to supply a substance that is not already controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, to a person under the age of 18 if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that the substance is likely to be inhaled by that person, for the purpose of causing intoxication. Last year two ‘legal-high’ sellers were successfully prosecuted using this legislation.

So-called ‘legal highs’ often contain substances we have already banned in the UK. In November 2013 a concerted enforcement activity resulted in 73 warrants being issued, 44 arrests made and the seizure of a large number of banned new psychoactive substances. The police also issued over 550 warning letters to both ‘head-shops’ and people purchasing new psychoactive substances.

We are looking at ways to further strengthen the UK’s response to these new drugs. The Minister for Crime Prevention is leading a review which is looking at how we can ensure that law enforcement agencies have the best available powers and send out the clearest possible message that the trade in these substances is reckless and that these substances can be dangerous to health, even fatal.

Since January 2011 the Government has banned in excess of two hundred new psychoactive substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 using generic definitions that capture groups of drugs.

The Government continues to work with law enforcement agencies to disrupt the reckless trade in new psychoactive substances.

The Home Office recently published guidance for local authorities on a range of legislative tools available to tackle shops selling new psychoactive substances (‘head-shops’) across the UK. This includes information on the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 which makes it an offence for a person to supply a substance that is not already controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, to a person under the age of 18 if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that the substance is likely to be inhaled by that person, for the purpose of causing intoxication. Last year two ‘legal-high’ sellers were successfully prosecuted using this legislation.

So-called ‘legal highs’ often contain substances we have already banned in the UK. In November 2013 a concerted enforcement activity resulted in 73 warrants being issued, 44 arrests made and the seizure of a large number of banned new psychoactive substances. The police also issued over 550 warning letters to both ‘head-shops’ and people purchasing new psychoactive substances.

We are looking at ways to further strengthen the UK’s response to these new drugs. The Minister for Crime Prevention is leading a review which is looking at how we can ensure that law enforcement agencies have the best available powers and send out the clearest possible message that the trade in these substances is reckless and that these substances can be dangerous to health, even fatal.