Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Cannabis: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost of policing cannabis-related offences.
Answer: It is not possible from the available data to separate out the costs of policing these particular offences from other policing responsibilities, including in relation to other controlled substances.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has reviewed international evidence on the impact of legal cannabis markets on (a) healthcare costs and (b) service demand.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both. The maximum penalty ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: TaxationHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of directing tax revenue from regulated cannabis into NHS mental health services.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both. The maximum penalty ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cannabis-related mental health admissions on NHS finances.
Answer: The Department is committed to reducing the harm from all illicit drugs. Any illegal drug use, including cannabis, can be harmful, both from immediate side-effects and long-term physical and mental health problems. It can, for some, have a negative impact...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of cannabis-related health conditions to the NHS.
Answer: The Department is committed to reducing the harm from all illicit drugs. Any illegal drug use, including cannabis, can be harmful, both from immediate side-effects and long-term physical and mental health problems. It can, for some, have a negative impact...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the certificate of sponsorship fee on the adult social care sector; and if he will hold discussions with the Chancell
Answer: The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025, laid on 21 January 2025, sets out increases to the fee maxima that applies to the Certificate of Sponsorship from £300 to £525. These changes were agreed via collective agreement. If fees incr...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment on (a) the racial disparities in drug law enforcement and (b) how a regulated cannabis market could address these.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of cannabis legalisation on racial disparities in drug-related arrests and sentencing.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStop and Search: Ethnic GroupsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle racial disparities in drug-related stop and search rates.
Answer: Disparity in the use of stop and search has reduced significantly in the past five years, but there is still far more work to do. In the year to March 2024, black people were 3.5 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched on suspicion ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered funding public health campaigns to educate young people on the risks of cannabis use within a regulated market.
Answer: Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.The Government recognises the clear medical and scientific evidence of the harms of this drug.The Government will continue to work with our partners to discourage drug use and to ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of a legal cannabis market on criminal exploitation of young people by drug gangs.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent studies her Department has considered on the effectiveness of regulated cannabis markets in reducing adolescent cannabis consumption.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabisHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered reallocating police resources currently spent on cannabis-related enforcement to other public safety priorities.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: IndustryHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a legal cannabis industry on UK (a) job creation, (b) investment and (c) economic growth.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: RegulationHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with international counterparts from countries that have legalised cannabis on the (a) economic and (b) public health impacts of regulation.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabisHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reallocating police resources currently spent on cannabis-related enforcement to other public safety priorities.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of legal cannabis regulation on the (a) workload and (b) costs associated with drug-related (i) policing, (ii) courts and (iii) prisons.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had on the regulation of cannabis as a means to improve public health outcomes and reduce the burden on the NHS.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a regulated cannabis market on (a) public health and (b) drug-related harms.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: RegulationHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential annual public spending savings that could be achieved through the legal regulation of cannabis.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: TaxationHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a legally regulated cannabis market on tax revenue.
Answer: This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the certificate of sponsorship fee on recruitment in the social care sector.
Answer: The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025, laid on 21 January 2025, sets out increases to the fee maxima that applies to the Certificate of Sponsorship from £300 to £525. These changes were agreed via collective agreement. If fees incr...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting the adult social care sector from proposed increases in the certificate of sponsorship fee.
Answer: Fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review.However, there are no current plans to exempt the adult social care sector from the certificate of sponsorship fee increase.A provisional estimate of the impact of increasing sponsors...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of proposed changes to the level of the certificate of sponsorship fee per worker on the adequacy of the funding settleme
Answer: The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025, laid on 21 January 2025, sets out increases to the fee maxima that applies to the Certificate of Sponsorship from £300 to £525. These changes were agreed via collective agreement. If fees incr...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: BricksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will introduce a statutory requirement for swift bricks.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 22080 on 15 January 2025.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
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