CANNABIS RECLASSIFICATION AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Early day motion 1678, tabled 22 July 2002 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 30 members.

That this House congratulates the Daily Telegraph for its editorial comments 'They (the Conservatives) could win themselves broad support by allowing decriminalisation (of cannabis) for a trial period, a position we first advocated six months ago. It would begin to take power away from criminals' (9th October 2000); welcomes its view that decriminalisation is unlikely to succeed if applied only to one small area of London and that an experimental change in the law is needed everywhere (28th March 2001); and regrets the paper's recent descent into hysterical politically motivated reporting on the Home Secretary's courageous reform.

Signatures by party: Labour 27, Conservative 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.