DRUG TESTING PILOT AT THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT

Early day motion 550, tabled 9 October 2013 by John Leech (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 5 members.

That this House mourns the death of Nick Bonnie, a charity worker who died after taking a contaminated ecstasy tablet at the Warehouse Project nightclub in Trafford; notes with concern that this is the twelfth UK death directly related to ecstasy this year; recognises the need to avoid further tragedies such as Nick's; applauds the Warehouse Project's zero tolerance policy on drug use and welcomes the planned pilot drug testing scheme introduced by the Warehouse Project nightclub, which would test confiscated illegal substances brought onto the premises and alert patrons to potentially lethal substances via social media; further recognises that such a scheme would promote public safety and awareness of dangerous drugs whilst maintaining a strict zero tolerance drugs policy; and therefore urges the Government to support this pilot in order to combine the UK's strict drugs policy with promotion of public safety.

Signatures by party: Labour 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Independent 1.