Written Question·Home Office·UIN 90626

Cannabis: Misuse

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending Section 37 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to exclude any part of the Cannabis Sativa L plant with THC of 0.2% or less.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The flowers and leaves of the cannabis plant are controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (‘the 1971 Act’) irrespective of their tetrahydrocannabinol (‘THC’) content. The Government has no plans to review the definition of cannabis for control ...

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