Written questions

Drugs: Smuggling

Commons · Question 75948 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to meet with her Irish counterpart to discuss the increase in the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into that country.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Sep 2025

The National Crime Agency’s latest National Strategic Assessment notes the Common Travel Area, and particularly the routes between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain, continue to be exploited by criminals for the purposes of serious and organise...