| Heading: |
Spiking: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1746253 |
| UIN: |
17266 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4846 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Colum Eastwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Colum Eastwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Minister for Justice in Northern Ireland on creating a criminal offence of drink spiking. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
Spiking is already an offence in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. We are, however, currently working across Government on a proposed new offence covering spiking, which has included discussions, at official level, with the Department of Justice (No... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |