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From Home Office
From The Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone
  • Ban on five substances will come into force at 00:01 on Friday 10 April for up to 12 months.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter from the Minister of State to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) about legislative changes to introduce electronic prescribing of controlled drugs.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter from the Minister of State to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) about proposals to review the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Simpler and more flexible powers introduced by Coalition Government put victims and communities at heart of the response.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Testing of household products on animals will be banned, Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone has announced.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Increase will create a fairer and more effective system for forces, licence holders and the general public

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Coalition government takes range of action to respond to challenges of new psychoactive substances.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter from minister highlights concerns about 'legal highs' (new psychoactive substances), illegal drugs and gases (such as nitrous oxide).

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lynne Featherstone has visited Standing Together in Hammersmith to hear about its work to coordinate integrated multi-agency support for victims of domestic abuse.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone today announced front line professionals will have a mandatory duty to report cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Young people's advocates tackling gang-related sexual exploitation have received Home Office funding to continue for an extra 12 months.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Around 200 of London’s most prolific young offenders have left their violent past behind in the last year.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone joins families of missing people for annual charity carol service.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Further details unveiled of funding recipients and new unit to tackle female genital mutilation

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Proposals aimed at creating more efficient and consistent service.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Two so-called ‘legal’ highs linked to deaths across Europe are set to be banned, the government announced today.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by Lynne Featherstone and in the House of Lords by Lord Bates.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Independent experts have warned time limits on access to heroin substitute treatment would not benefit drug users' recovery from addiction.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ministerial changes at the Home Office, Department for International Development and for Government Whips.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Representatives met government ministers during a summit at the Home Office.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government