| Heading: |
Methamphetamine: Testing |
| Question ID: |
1808951 |
| UIN: |
57140 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5283 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alison Bennett
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Alison Bennett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to commission an independent inquiry into the (a) scientific validity, (b) cost and (c) potential misuse of hair strand testing for methamphetamine in family court proceedings. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Justice has no plans to commission an independent inquiry into the (a) scientific validity, (b) cost and (c) potential misuse of hair strand testing for methamphetamine in family court proceedings.The President of the Family Division has s... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |