Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]

We will come back to this many times in Committee, I am sure, but we are confident that that woul...

I thank the Minister for his explanation of the objectives and purpose of the Bill and the reason...

My Lords, I will start by explaining briefly my background. I was a police officer for more than ...

For the avoidance of doubt, is the noble Lord saying that the Liberal Democrats so oppose the ess...

My Lords, we do not propose to wreck the Bill. Clearly, we cannot allow head shops to continue op...

My Lords, the Bill defines a new psychoactive substance as any substance intended for human consu...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. I begin by paying tr...

My Lords, I heed the warnings from the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, about chocolates and flower...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Patel of Bradford, whose experience is ...

My Lords, I have enjoyed listening to the contributions of noble Lords so far and I agree with mu...

My Lords, I welcome the Government’s commitment to reducing the risks of drugs to our young peopl...

My Lords, I support the Bill, not least because it is a good example of why we should take the ne...

One possible explanation for the drop in people going to hospitals when a ban is introduced is th...

I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention and I take note. Secondly, young people do not ne...

My Lords, I am pleased to join in this debate about the Government’s Psychoactive Substances Bill...

My Lords, this has been a good-humoured while serious debate. Drug addiction, whether legal or il...

My Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the Government’s attention to this important issue. Drugs ...

My Lords, we are agreed on all sides of the House that, with new psychoactive substances, we are ...

My Lords, last week during the debate on the Queen’s Speech, I asked a question that was not face...

My Lords, I rise in the somewhat uncomfortable position of speaking from the Opposition Front Ben...

I just want to raise the point, which has already been mentioned, that it is absolutely clear to ...

The debate will proceed smoothly if we recognise that I am in a minority. I repeat: prohibition i...

My Lords, this has been a debate of characteristic quality in your Lordships’ House. Immense expe...

Before the Minister departs from what he has just be discussing, I would be grateful if he would ...

I hear what the noble Lord says and once again I appreciate the passion that he feels about the t...

I am most grateful to my noble friend for giving way. In the course of what he was just saying, h...

My noble friend asserts that the Misuse of Drugs Act has failed. You can of course observe and po...

The Minister has been very solicitous in answering the legitimate questions that have been asked....

There is some of that in the impact statement, although I accept that it may not be as much as no...

I have just one question about the Department of Health and Public Health England. Many noble Lor...

That is a very fair point, because what we are talking about here is the legislative response, an...

I apologise for interrupting at the end of the debate. I was held up at Imperial College, which i...

I am very cautious in responding to the noble Lord, who has a well-deserved reputation for knowle...