Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 17266

Spiking: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 2 December 2024

Answered: 5 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Colum Eastwood

Social Democratic & Labour Party — Foyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Minister for Justice in Northern Ireland on creating a criminal offence of drink spiking.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

Spiking is already an offence in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. We are, however, currently working across Government on a proposed new offence covering spiking, which has included discussions, at official level, with the Department of Justice (No...

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