§ Q116. Mr. Rathboneasked the Prime Minister if she has any plans to establish a national drug abuse agency to co-ordinate all efforts to combat the drugs problem.
§ The Prime MinisterWe have no present plans to do so. At national level Government action to tackle drug misuse is co-ordinated and energetically carried forward by the interdepartmental ministerial group on the misuse of drugs, chaired by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department. This work is accorded very high priority.