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House of Commons

Thursday 3rd February 2005

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee F

Drugs Bill
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[fifth and sixth Sittings]
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John Mann

Withdrawn  20

Clause  9,  page  11,  line  14,  after ‘person’, insert ‘, who may be his GP,’.

Clause Agreed to.

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John Mann

Not called  21

Clause  10,  page  12,  line  17,  after ‘a’, insert ‘GP or other’.

John Mann

Not called  22

Clause  10,  page  12,  line  26,  after ‘assessor’, insert ‘and his GP’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 11 to 20 Agreed to.

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John Mann

Withdrawn  23

Clause  21,  page  21,  line  8,  leave out ‘A’ and insert ‘C’.

John Mann

Not called  24

Clause  21,  page  21,  line  9,  leave out ‘A’ and insert ‘C’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 22 to 24 Agreed to.

S.C.F.Standing Committee Proceedings: 3rd February 2005
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Drugs Bill, continued

Schedules 1 and 2 Agreed to.

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New Clauses

Inclusion of khat as a Class A drug

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Negatived on division  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (Class A drugs),

in paragraph 1, insert at the appropriate place—

“Khat which contains cathinone or cathine.”.’.

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Treatment

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Not called  NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘Any person convicted of a drugs offence must submit to a drugs treatment

programme.’.

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Suspension of general practitioners

Mr Henry Bellingham

Not called  NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘Any general practitioner working in the field of drug treatment and rehabilitation

who is suspended as a consequence of their work will have the automatic right of

appeal to the Secretary of State to have the period of their suspension reduced

from the current mandatory period of five years.’.

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Classification of cannabis as Class B

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

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Drugs Bill, continued

Mr Crispin Blunt

Negatived on division  NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971[2] (which specifies the drugs which

are subject to control under that Act) shall be amended as follows.

(2)
In paragraph (a) of Part I of that Schedule, insert at an appropriate place

“Cannabinol, except where contained in cannabis or cannabis resin” and

“Cannabinol derivatives”.

(3)
In paragraph (a) of Part II of that Schedule, insert at an appropriate place

“Cannabis and cannabis resin” shall be deleted.

(4)
In paragraph (a) of Part III of that Schedule, “Cannabinol”, “Cannabinol

derivatives” and “Cannabis and cannabis resin” shall be deleted.

(5)
In paragraph 1(d) of Part III of that Schedule, “cannabinol or a cannabinol

derivative” shall be deleted.’.

Bill, as amended, reported.

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Drug prevention in schools

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

.  NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall produce a report which will set out how random drug

testing could be introduced in all schools and what provision of funding would be

made available’.

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Further drug prevention in schools

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

.  NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall produce a report which will set out how police

sniffer dogs could be provided to schools to enable random drugs searches to take

place.’.

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Drug testing those under 18

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

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Drugs Bill, continued

Mr Crispin Blunt

.  NC7

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall produce a report examining what measures would

need to be taken to introduce compulsory drugs testing on all persons under 18

arrested for possession of drugs.’.

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Mandatory sentencing

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

.  NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Those convicted of providing drugs to persons aged 16 and under will have an

automatic custodial sentence to be specified by the Secretary of State.

(2)
Those convicted of intent to supply drugs and are repeat offenders will have an

automatic custodial sentence to be specified by the Secretary of State.’.

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Drug testing drivers

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

.  NC9

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall produce a report examining what measures need to

be taken to enforce compulsory drug testing on any person attempting to drive a

mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place whilst suspected

of being under the influence of an illegal drug.’.