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Spiking

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Dec 2021 Closed: 1 Feb 2024 11 recommendations 11 conclusions 1 report

As part of the Committee’s overarching work into violence against women and girls , the Committee wishes to explore the incidence of spiking at nightclubs and pubs, festivals and private house parties. Read the terms of reference for more detail about this work. As part of this inquiry, the Committee launched a public survey to … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Spiking HC 967 26 Apr 2022 22 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
18 Recommendation Ninth Report - Spiking Not Addressed

Call for Home Office to require warnings and expedite spiking testing review

The Home Office should require commercially available drug-testing products to carry warnings about their limitations; expedite its planned scientific review of the relative merits of the various spiking testing pilots being run by the police, universities and hospitals and report back to the Committee in three months’ time; and provide … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government states there is no single effective test kit and urges victims to contact police for forensic analysis. It does not commit to requiring warnings on commercial products, expediting the review to a 3-month deadline, or supporting wider adoption after the review.
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Home Office

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
26 Jan 2022 Dean Ames · Metropolitan Police Service, Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin · National Police Chiefs' Council, Joy Allen View ↗
19 Jan 2022 Councillor Jeanie Bell, Dr Adrian Boyle · Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Jade Quittenton · St John Ambulance, Michael Kill · Night Time Industries Association, Paul Fullwood · Security Industry Authority View ↗
12 Jan 2022 Alexi Skitinis, Dawn Dines · Stamp Out Spiking, Hannah Stratton, Helena Conibear · The Alcohol Education Trust, Julie Spencer · The University of Lincoln, Zara Owen View ↗

Who gave evidence

14 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Alexi Skitinis — 1
Councillor Jeanie Bell — 1
Dawn Dines · Chief Executive Officer Stamp Out Spiking 1
Dean Ames · Forensic Drugs Operations Manager Metropolitan Police Service 1
Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin · Lead for Drugs National Police Chiefs' Council 1
Dr Adrian Boyle · President Royal College of Emergency Medicine 1
Hannah Stratton — 1
Helena Conibear · Chief Executive Officer The Alcohol Education Trust 1
Jade Quittenton · Night time economy lead St John Ambulance 1
Joy Allen — 1
Julie Spencer · Head of Student Wellbeing The University of Lincoln 1
Michael Kill · Chief Executive Officer Night Time Industries Association 1
Paul Fullwood · Director of Inspections and Enforcement Security Industry Authority 1
Zara Owen — 1

Correspondence

6 letters
DateDirectionTitle
1 Feb 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding on the Government's work to tackle sp…
11 Jan 2023 To cttee Letter from Minister for Safeguarding on the Government's update to the Home Af…
30 Nov 2022 To cttee Letter from Home Secretary on introducing a criminal offence for spiking, dated…
4 Nov 2022 From cttee Letter to the Home Secretary on introducing a criminal offence for spiking, dat…
7 Sep 2022 To cttee Letter from the Home Secretary on the Government’s response to the Home Affair…
7 Sep 2022 From cttee Letter to the Home Secretary on the Government’s response to the Home Affairs …