Proceeds of Crime: Cannabis

(asked on 15th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make clear that investment in a firm that profits from the legal overseas recreational cannabis market should fall within the scope of the Proceedings of Crime Act 2002; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Tom Tugendhat Portrait
Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
This question was answered on 25th November 2022

Decisions on investments are a matter for those investing, and they must obtain their own legal advice.

There is no current intention to bring forward additional legislation and therefore no intention to make a statement.

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