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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 …

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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
5 Conclusion Ninth Report - Spiking Rejected

Home Office progress update required on specific spiking offence creation

The Home Office should give the Committee a written update six months from the date of publication of this Report on progress towards creating a separate criminal offence of spiking.

Government response. The government did not commit to providing the Committee with a six-month written update on the progress towards creating a separate criminal offence for spiking, instead referring to a broader statutory report on spiking to be published in April 2023.
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 ↗

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 …