Question follow-through · 10265
Drugs: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the (a) availability of illegal substances for sale via online platforms and (b) purchase of those substances by young people who subsequently die by suicide.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the (a) availability of illegal substances for sale via online platforms and (b) purchase of those substances by young people who subsequently die by suicide.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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28 Oct 2024
Answer published
I am grateful for the Hon. Gentleman for raising this important issue, and highlighting the dangers posed by the availability of illegal substances in online marketplaces, and the tragic consequences that can result from their purchase and consumption, bo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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