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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-04-10more like thismore than 2014-04-10
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Home Office more like this
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answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to give local authorities greater powers to deal with the consumption of legal highs in a public place; and what support he is providing to councils who wish to put by-laws in place to prevent such consumption. more like this
tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-04-30more like thismore than 2014-04-30
answer text <p> </p><p>As stated in my answer to the Honourable Member of 7 April 2014, Official <br>Report, column 112W, on 12 December 2013 I announced a review by an expert panel to look <br>at how the UK's response to new psychoactive substances, sometimes inaccurately <br>called ‘legal highs', can be enhanced beyond the existing measures. The expert panel includes <br>a senior policy adviser from the Local Government Association to inform the <br>work of the panel from a local government perspective, including whether <br>existing by-laws may be used to tackle this damaging trade. This work is <br>ongoing, and the panel is due to report its recommendations by the end of <br>spring 2014.<br><br>To support local authorities, the Home Office published guidance in December <br>2013 setting out the range of legislative tools local authorities can use to <br>tackle the 'head shops' where these substances are often sold. This was developed in <br>collaboration with the Department for Communities and Local Government, the <br>Local Government Association and the Trading Standards Institute and can be <br>found here: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/action-against-head-shops<br><br>The guidance covers offences head shops may be committing under the Misuse of <br>Drugs Act 1971, the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985, and various <br>consumer protection regulations. <br><br>The Home Office has also provided targeted support to local authorities with <br>testing of new psychoactive substances through the Forensic Early Warning <br>System, to help them take action against the sale of these products by <br>identifying the contents.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Lewes more like this
answering member printed Norman Baker more like this
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label Biography information for Norman Baker more like this
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label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this