Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Home Office rejected the long term recommendations made by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to mitigate barriers to research in December 2017.

The then Government responded to the advice provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 2017, “Legitimate Use of Controlled Drugs: Research and Healthcare”, in 2019.

The response sets out the Government’s view of each recommendation. The response was published on Gov.uk and is available at the following link: Legitimate use of controlled drugs: research and healthcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)