Cannabis Liberalisation And Street Crime (EDM1042)

Cannabis Liberalisation And Street Crime

EDM number 1042 in 2001-02, proposed by Paul Stinchcombe on 20/03/2002.

That this House notes that where a more lenient attitude towards cannabis possession has been taken by the police, street crime has fallen by 35 per cent. whilst arrests for hard drugs have risen by 65 per cent.; believes that this is in part because the more lenient attitude to recreational use of non-addictive drugs frees up police time and resources to tackle the infinitely more serious problems arising from dealing in, and addiction to, hard drugs; calls upon Her Majesty's Government to extend this approach to policing nationwide as part of its robberty reduction initiative; and looks forward to the day when taxes paid on the legalised purchase of cannabis from street shops help to fund more policing to combat dealers in hard drugs and more drugs rehabilitation for addicts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Stinchcombe	20/03/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Proposed
Alistair Carmichael	21/03/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/03/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/03/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	25/03/2002	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	25/03/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/03/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/03/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	25/03/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/03/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	26/03/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/03/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	26/03/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	26/03/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	03/04/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	03/04/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	10/04/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/04/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/04/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	10/04/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/04/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lembit	15/04/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	15/04/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	16/04/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/04/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	17/04/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	23/04/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	07/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	10/06/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/06/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed

Download raw data as csv or xml.