A Bill to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to provide for the lawful production, packaging, marketing, sale, purchase, possession and consumption of herbal cannabis in specific circumstances by certain persons; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 May 2016
This bill would change the law to allow certain people to produce, package, market, buy, sell, possess and use herbal cannabis under a regulated system. It aims to create a formal framework for legal production and sale of herbal cannabis, with rules to oversee safety, licensing and enforcement.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the Commons. Historically, it was defeated at this stage in December 2018 and did not progress further in that session.
In the 2018 second-reading vote, 66 MPs voted No and 52 voted Aye; party-by-party breakdown is not provided in the data.
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The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 23 March 2016 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
