§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were sentenced to imprisonment for unlawful possession of cannabis, not including possession with intent to supply, in 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. WhitelawIn the United Kingdom in 1978, 329 persons were sentenced to immediate imprisonment and 337 to a suspended sentence of imprisonment whose principal drugs offence was unlawful possession of controlled drugs, one of which was cannabis (cannabis, cannabis resin, cannabis liquid or cannabis plants). Information for 1979 is not yet available.