Clause 1 - Aggravated supply of controlled drug
Drugs Bill
11:15 am
Ms Caroline Flint (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (reducing organised and international crime, anti drugs co-ordination and international and European issues), Home Office; Don Valley, Labour)
The purpose of the provision relating to ''in the vicinity of a school'' is to protect young people under 18. That is why the new section not only takes into account school hours—whether they are 9 pm to 4 pm, or 9pm to 3.30 pm—but also recognises that a lot of activities in schools involving under-18s occur later in the evening and also in the school holidays. The premise of the clause is to protect young people when they are in the school either during the normal school day or at other times as well.
It being twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock, The Chairman adjourned the Committee without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Adjourned till this day at half-past Two o'clock.