HC Deb 14 June 2000 vol 351 cc665-6W
24. Mr. Flynn

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what new proposals she has to reduce drug deaths. [124290]

Mr. Ian McCartney

The Government's ten-year anti-drugs strategy aims to reduce the number of deaths from the misuse of illegal drugs. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has been considering how best we can report, monitor and reduce the number of deaths arising from the use of illegal drugs and they will be reporting to Ministers in the near future.

The anti-drugs strategy includes a target to have in place an action plan to reduce the number of drug-related deaths and this will be drawn up and implemented in response to the recommendations contained within the ACMD's report.