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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Mar 2020
County Lines Drug Trafficking

"My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the links between young people being drawn into county lines and increasing child poverty, the number of children in care and the number of young people being excluded from schools? Also, what are the Government doing to divert those who have …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Mar 2020
County Lines Drug Trafficking

"Diversion from a life of crime...."
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Written Question
Drug Interventions Programme
Thursday 12th April 2018

Asked by: Lord Patel of Bradford (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the funding previously assigned to the Drug Interventions Programme to tackle drug-related offending by helping drug-using offenders to access treatment will be retained; and whether that funding will continue to be focused on the specific needs of that group of people.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)

Home Office funding previously assigned to the Drug Interventions Programme is now part of money allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners. This has been the case since 2012/ 2013 in London, and from 2013/ 2014 for the rest of England and Wales.

The Government continues to encourage use of drug testing on arrest to support police forces in monitoring new patterns around drugs and crime and provide an early opportunity to refer offenders into treatment.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Jul 2017
Sexual Offences Act 1967

"While I echo the sentiments expressed about Commonwealth countries, can I bring the Minister back to the UK? Will she say what the Government are doing with respect to transgender people in our prisons, where there has been a serious spate of suicides because of the way they are treated?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Drugs Policy: Departmental Responsibility

"My Lords, between 2001 and 2008, investment in drug treatment increased from £250 million pounds a year to £750 million a year, ring-fenced. This resulted in the number of drug users in treatment rising from 80,000 to 230,000, which had a huge impact on drug misuse, drug-related deaths and acquisitive …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Jun 2015
Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I have listened to arguments on both sides and I am struck by the point that we somehow think that the introduction of legal highs is a phenomenon we have never come across. We had cheap, smokeable heroin in the early 1980s. There were outbreaks in various cities …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Jun 2015
Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]

"My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, yes, there may have been a reduction in the use of illegal drugs over the last five years. I know that Ministers have responded by saying, “We do not need to look at this any more, because drug use has plateaued and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2015
Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I heed the warnings from the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, about chocolates and flowers, but given that this is a Home Office Bill and given the Home Secretary’s liking for shoes—although it has nothing to do with the legislation—shoes might be one way forward.

I am very interested …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2015
Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]

"I have just one question about the Department of Health and Public Health England. Many noble Lords have said that they would prefer to see this legislation under the health remit. I just cannot see where Public Health England and the Department of Health have been engaged or involved in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2015
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, two Mayday calls were made last year and I am pleased that both have been heard by the Home Secretary. I hope that Mrs May can make it a third this year.

During last year’s debate on the Queen’s Speech, I raised concerns about 17 year-olds taken into …..."
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