Lord Walney
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(10 years, 3 months ago)
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Norman Baker
I will happily look into that, and I share my hon. Friend’s view that that is entirely inappropriate marketing.
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op)
When does the Minister expect the review to be concluded, and will he consider giving police officers and trading standards officers more powers so that they can put an immediate stop on a new substance and put the onus on nefarious traders to prove that it is a hair product, plant food or whatever nonsense they call it?
Norman Baker
We have a quick response already—faster than nearly every other country in the European Union—but I agree that we need to look further at that. The review is under way, as I mentioned, and will be concluded in the summer, coterminously with the international comparator study that my predecessor started, so we will also be able to examine how other countries are dealing with the challenge of new psychoactive substances.