§ Sir M. Galpernasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if immigrants and visitors to Great Britain who can establish that they are drug addicts and require a regular supply of drugs for their physical and mental well-being are entitled to be placed on the register for such a supply; and how many people in these categories are on the register in England and Wales;
(2) if immigrants and visitors to Scotland who can establish that they are drug addicts and require a regular supply of drugs for their physical and mental well-being are entitled to be placed on the register for such a supply; and how many people in these categories are on the register in Scotland.
§ Mr. WoodhouseThere is no system of registration of drug addicts in this country entitling them to a supply of drugs. The prescription of drugs for an individual addict is a matter for his own doctor. The Home Office keeps a list of known addicts, which at the present time includes 74 immigrants and 12 visitors who are receiving on prescription from a doctor drugs which are controlled under the Dangerous Drugs Act. None of these addicts is resident in Wales or Scotland.