HC Deb 13 December 1989 vol 163 c642W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's attitude towards requests for the legalislation of soft drugs.

Mr. Mellor

The Government have no intention of legalising any drugs presently controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. I am glad to see that this view was shared by the Home Affairs Committee in its report "Drug trafficking and related serious crime" (HC 370).

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