Testing and Treatment Order

Part of Orders of the Day — Crime (Sentences) Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:45 pm on 13 January 1997.

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Photo of Mr Clive Soley Mr Clive Soley Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee 9:45, 13 January 1997

That was one of the most incredibly complacent speeches that I have heard for many years from a Home Office Minister. Any visitor from outer space who examined the Home Office's own research would know without a shadow of a doubt that most offences committed in the United Kingdom are committed under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It is high time that we started taking the matter more seriously.