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Parliamentary Research
Prevention of spiking incidents - CDP-2022-0242
Dec. 21 2022

Found: petition calling for a legal requirement for nightclubs to thoroughly search guests on entry was launched

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: /petitions/578992 11250 Make it a legal requirement  for Hospitality  front of house to have a DBS check

Select Committee
Ninth Report - Spiking

Inquiry Publications Apr. 26 2022

Inquiry: Spiking
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: to make searches on entry to nightclubs a legal requirement.

Select Committee
The Egalitarian
 SPI0028 - Spiking

Written Evidence Jan. 26 2022

Inquiry: Spiking
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: from our Questionnaire, as further evidenced by the petition to make it a legal requirement for nightclubs

Lords Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Lords Hansard - part two - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None that nightclubs should be legally required to search guests thoroughly. - Speech Link
2: None , and that is why we propose a review based on a statutory requirement to do it. - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) It may have a significant effect on anybody potentially coming forward if that is an actual requirement - Speech Link
4: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) The requirement might also breach Article 14 on the basis that it amounted to discrimination where transgender - Speech Link

Tweet
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower) - @ToniaAntoniazzi
Opposition Whip (Commons)
8 Nov 2021, 3:59 p.m.

At 6PM this evening, I will be leading the debate on a petition entitled, ‘Make it a legal requirement for nightclubs to thoroughly search guests on entry’, following the recent reports of spiking incidents in nightclubs. You can watch the debate live: https://t.co/KEG846gkVt

Link to Original Tweet

Westminster Hall
Nightclub Safety - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tonia Antoniazzi (LAB - Gower) 598986 on making it a legal requirement for nightclubs to search guests thoroughly on entry. - Speech Link
2: Tonia Antoniazzi (LAB - Gower) The aim of the petition is for“the UK Government to make it law that nightclubs must search guests on - Speech Link
3: Rachel Maclean (CON - Redditch) on entry, and a number of nightclubs are doing that already. - Speech Link
4: Rachel Maclean (CON - Redditch) It is important that I make it clear that premises such as nightclubs have a responsibility, which I - Speech Link

Closed Petition closed 14th April 2022

Make it a legal requirement for nightclubs to thoroughly search guests on entry - Final Signatures: 175,075

I would like the UK Government to make it law that nightclubs must search guests on arrival to prevent harmful weapons and other items entering the establishment. This could be a pat down search or metal detector, but must involve measures being put in place to ensure the safety of the public.

Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 8th November 2021

The Government responsed to this petition on 4th November 2021 (View Full Response)
The law already allows licensing authorities to impose conditions such as searches. Decisions on this should be made locally, taking account of circumstances, and there are no plans to change the law.
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Found: It begs the question, why aren't nightclubs required to do more to prevent harmful items making it into

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Jul. 29 2021

Source Page: Called-in decision: Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, London (ref: 3240661 – 29 July 2021)
Document: Called-in decision: Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, London (ref: 3240661 – 29 July 2021) (PDF)

Found: Transport for London ( TfL ) have sought to make their support for the scheme contingent on a contribution

Deposited Papers

Feb. 26 2015

Source Page: I. Letter [undated] from Jeremy Hunt MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding two documents for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p. II. Investigation into the association of Jimmy Savile with Stoke Mandeville Hospital: a report for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Incl. appendices. 348p. III. Themes and lessons learnt from NHS investigations into matters relating to Jimmy Savile. Independent report for the Secretary of State for Health. Incl. appendices. 150p.
Document: Investigation_into_the_Assoc_of_Jimmy_Savile_with_Stoke_Mandeville.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter [undated] from Jeremy Hunt MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding two documents for deposit