Paula Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have taken place for the possession of cannabis excluding those with intent to distribute since 1 January 2020.
Jess Phillips: Is my hon. Friend aware that had Robbie arrived on a small boat and been trafficked out of a hotel and into a cannabis factory at the age of 10—Channel 4 has found such a case—he would not be entitled to any support from the NRM under the proposals of the Illegal Migration Bill, even though he would be a 10-year-old child who had been groomed into drug dealing?
Ashley Dalton: ...are unpleasant smells, and there has been conflict with other residents in the street, including a violent assault. It will not surprise anyone to hear that my constituent also reports that a cannabis operation is being run from the same property. Many up and down the country will find that story familiar. As the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith),...
Ruth Cadbury: Policing by consent depends on trust and confidence in the police. Officers are increasingly stopping law-abiding young people, under the spurious claim that they “smell cannabis” when none has been smoked or is present. And then the police are refusing to provide the necessary receipts and documents to those they have stopped. That failure to follow guidelines is shattering the trust...
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will commission research into the potential benefits to the economy of cannabinoid-based products for medicinal use; and if she will make a statement.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the growth potential for the cannabinoid-based medicines industry; and if she will make a statement.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of exporting medical cannabis on the UK economy; and if she will make a statement.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) quality and (b) safety of imported cannabis-based products for medicinal use; if he will make a statement.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many people are self-medicating with recreational cannabis for the treatment of chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will review the decision to recommend the withholding of Assent to the Bermuda Cannabis Licensing Bill 2022.
Chris Philp: ...date. However, there is a strong working relationship between Defra and Home Office at official level, and topics such as the licensing regime for industrial hemp are discussed. Cultivation of the cannabis plant, including the use of the whole plant, already takes place under licence in the UK. The Home Office’s Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit operates two licensing regimes to enable...
Natalie Elphicke: My constituent Teagan Appleby is one of nearly 50 children who are reliant on medical cannabis to manage their severe epilepsy, although only three children have had access to medication on the NHS since it was allowed, due to a logjam between the Department of Health and Social Care and local and national NHS services. Time is running out for Teagan, whose private doctor is retiring and...
Crispin Blunt: ...for patients and costs to the NHS and, ultimately, the taxpayer. The Home Office has the power to commission a review of the evidence, and there is precedent for commissioning such a review in cannabis-based products for medicinal use. Indeed, in 2018, the wretched situation of just two epileptic children enabled change to start the deployment of cannabis-based medicines, but the...
Baroness Merron: ...other aspects of health. I will give a few examples. There are false claims about cancer treatment—for example, lemons treat cancer better than chemotherapy; tumours are there to save your life; cannabis oil cures cancer; rubbing hydrogen peroxide on your skin will treat cancer. Just last year, the lack of publicly available information about Mpox fuelled misinformation online. There is...
Lloyd Russell-Moyle: ...to me, in this modern world, that when we are negotiating international treaties there is no representation for the OTs. Britain intervened on Bermuda to stop its laws on the declassification of cannabis. I think it was right for it to do that. It was wrong for Britain to intervene on the basis of international treaties on which Bermuda had had no say in this place. I hope that we can...
Paul Sweeney: ...of survivors of domestic violence and domestic slavery. It is the thin end of the wedge. I had to deal with the case of Duc Nguyen in north Glasgow. He was arrested when the police raided a cannabis factory and discovered him; he was imprisoned in Dungavel and then moved out of Scotland to deny him access to justice. He was almost deported, but his local church intervened to get him legal...
David Mundell: .... That is one doable ask that could flow from today’s debate, and I hope that it will. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the economic contribution of medicinal cannabis. Sitting adjourned.
Rosie Duffield: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce cannabis treatment on the NHS for people with Dravet Syndrome.
...evicting anti-social tenants. The Opposition cannot seem to make up their mind on whether or not they want to legalise drugs. While the leader of the Opposition and the Mayor of London argue about cannabis decriminalisation, we are getting on with delivering for the public. Drugs are harmful to health, well-being and security. They devastate lives. That is why I have taken the decision to...