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Recommendation 5
5
Rejected
Paragraph: 26
Home Office progress update required on specific spiking offence creation
Conclusion
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 summary AI-generated
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.
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Paragraph Reference:
26
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
The Government is already committed to updating Parliament on whether it intends to introduce a specific criminal offence for spiking within six months of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act receiving Royal Assent.1 We will bring this deadline forward from 28 October to 26 October in line with the Committee’s recommendation. Preventing and deterring spiking
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