Pacific Ocean Islands: Kava

(asked on 4th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from representatives of Pacific Island nations on the prohibition of Kava in the UK.


Answered by
Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 11th July 2025

The UK prohibition is raised occasionally with our High Commissioners in the Pacific and by some Pacific Island High Commissions in London.

In each case, we remind our Pacific partners about the evidence and procedures that are required to review the ban.

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