Drugs

Inquiry by the Home Affairs Committee, 10 February 2022 to 1 February 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Third Report - Drugs (31 August 2023)
• First Special Report - Drugs: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2022–23 (14 November 2023)

Evidence sessions

• 27 April 2022: Niamh Eastwood, Release; Dr Kojo Koram, Birkbeck College, University of London; Dr Karenza Moore, Newcastle University; Martin Powell, Transform Drug Policy Foundation; Chloe Hartnell, Hodge Jones and Allen LLP; Rudi Fortson QC, 25 Bedford Row Chambers
• 18 May 2022: Professor Jo Neill, Manchester University; Professor Ornella Corazza, Hertfordshire University; Professor Stuart Reece, University of Western Australia; Professor David Nutt, Imperial College, London; Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; Dr Emily Finch, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; Professor Roger Knaggs, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• 25 May 2022: Councillor Joanne Harding; Maggie Boreham, Hackney Council; Professor Jim McManus; Professor Dame Carol Black
• 15 June 2022: Serena Kennedy, Merseyside Police; David Thorne, South Wales Police; John Campbell QPM, Thames Valley Police; Andy Dunbobbin; Zoe Metcalfe; David Sidwick
• 29 June 2022: Charlie Doyle, British Transport Police; Dr Richard Lewis; Steve Rodhouse, National Crime Agency; Nicky Hill, Abianda; Junior Smart OBE; Dr Jack Spicer, University of the West of England
• 22 February 2023: Angela Constance, Scottish Government; Chris Philp, Home Office; Marcus Starling, Home Office; Caroline Hart, Home Office