Oral Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 April 2023Answered: 27 April 2023
Asked by
Gareth Bacon
Conservative — Orpington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
In its recent report, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs highlighted the Government’s safer streets mission as a key vehicle to address the connection between drug use and criminality. The Government’s flagship Crime and Policing Bill will expand police powers to conduct more drug tests on more suspects upon arrest, which will help to direct more drug users into treatment and away from illegal drug use.