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I am at one with my right hon. Friend in wanting to stamp out excessive and irresponsible drinking, which is fuelling too much crime in our society. However, may I ask her to be cautious in seeking a power to impose a new code of practice on pubs and to...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
19 January 2009
Reference
486 c522
House
House of Commons
The January National Audit Office report on community sentences drew attention to the shortage of alcohol misuse treatment courses. Should not the NHS be working with the probation services locally to make sure that rehabilitation for alcohol misusers is available everywhere in the country?
Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 March 2008
Reference
473 c733
House
House of Commons

I am disappointed at not having secured debates on the amendments in my name on seat belt wearing and court presentation officers, but despite those minor disappointments, this is a good Bill. I am disappointed that my hon. Friend the Minister and I cannot see eye to eye about the...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c126-7
House
House of Commons

About three years ago, I chaired a conference for the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety—although I no longer chair the conference, I am still a member—on drug-driving. On the day, the big issue was the one that I raised in my intervention on the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr....

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c73-4
House
House of Commons

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on making his case so powerfully. There is a serious problem with people driving under the influence of drugs. There is an offence already of driving when ability is impaired by drink or drugs, and to date the main problem in enforcement has been the...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c70
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who echoes the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope). That cocktail effect is a particularly dangerous set of circumstances in putting people’s lives at risk on the road. When Parliament introduced a law against drinking and driving, it was resisted by some people...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c74-5
House
House of Commons

That is a false choice. There are several areas in which we must take action to keep the trend in road deaths going downwards. My point is that the trend in drink-driving deaths is not going downwards, unlike all the others. More therefore needs to be done in terms of...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c74
House
House of Commons

In the last nine years, we have changed the law in this place so that the Home Office can publish a national policing plan containing the overarching priorities for all police forces in the country. Do my hon. Friend’s discussions with Home Office Ministers include representations suggesting that the plan...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c86
House
House of Commons

I want to focus on alcohol and on some of the work being done in Stafford. The backdrop is Staffordshire police reporting an 8 per cent. fall in crime overall this year, which is the latest in a series of consecutive falls. House burglaries are down by 24 per cent.,...

Member
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
20 June 2005
Reference
435 c610-2
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on responses to 'Drinking Responsibly Consultation Paper', development of alcohol harm reduction strategy and need for adequate financing.
Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
7 March 2005
Reference
431 c1270
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises that alcohol misuse is a cause of mounting concern across the United Kingdom; further recognises that the full involvement of the drinks industry must be integral to a successful solution to the problem; to this end welcomes the actions of off-trade retailers, as represented by the...

Primary sponsor
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
9 December 2004
Reference
368
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with considerable alarm the number of deaths associated with solvent and volatile substance abuse; is distressed by the violent nature of deaths associated with this form of substance abuse; further notes with unease that solvent abuse results in more deaths annually than the drug Ecstasy; and...

Primary sponsor
Iris Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Early day motions
Date
8 July 2003
Reference
1550
House
House of Commons

That this House expresses concern about the number of lives lost in road traffic crashes that may have been caused by people driving whilst under the influences of legal and illegal drugs; recognises that in law driving while unfit through drugs is an offence; notes that Transport Research Laboratory tests...

Primary sponsor
David Kidney (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
12 March 2002
Reference
981
House
House of Commons

That this House is alarmed at the increase in dangerous levels of alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom; notes with deep concern the report by Professor Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, that cirrhosis of the liver, associated with excessive alcohol consumption, now kills more men than Parkinson's disease and more...

Primary sponsor
Kelvin Hopkins (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
12 December 2001
Reference
568
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was (a) the budgeted amount and (b) the actual spend for the drugs misuse allocation for England for each of the last three years. - Inc figures.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 November 2001
Reference
16831; 375 c957-8W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budgeted amount is for the pooled drug treatment plan allocation for England in the current financial year. - Including figures.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 November 2001
Reference
16832; 375 c821W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the performance of the agencies involved in getting money allocated for drugs services to front-line services, with particular reference to drug action teams.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 November 2001
Reference
375 c820-1W; 16833
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the National Alcohol Strategy.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 January 2001
Reference
360 c433W; 142995
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to comment on the increase in drug misuse in rural areas.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 1998
Reference
319 c603W; 59765
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will allocate funds specifically for tackling drug misuse in rural areas; what consideration will be given to the particular circumstances of rural communities in the implementation of the cross-departmental review of illegal drugs. - Includes figure.

Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 1998
Reference
319 c603W; 59766;59764
House
House of Commons