Question follow-through · 17266
Spiking: Northern Ireland
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.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
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.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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5 Dec 2024
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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