AMERICA'S DRUG CZAR

Early day motion 112, tabled 11 June 1997 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 15 members.

That this House notes that a year after the appointment of General McCaffrey as America's Drug Czar, statistics prove that teenage drug abuse is soaring, reports of drug-related corruption have multiplied and the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles have suffered startling jumps in use and overdoses; observes that the Drug Czar has been called a 'drugs nanny and a disaster'; and urges the Government not to repeat America's mistakes by creating a Drug Czar but to set up a Royal Commission to consider alternative policies.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 4, Labour/Co-operative 1.