Driving under Influence: Drugs
Commons · Question 17402 · Tabled 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is assessing the potential use of Home Office-approved roadside evidential drug testing devices to replace laboratory analysis for specified drug driving offences.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 16 Jul 2026
The Department has recently consulted on possible reforms to strengthen enforcement against drink and drug driving, including temporary licence suspension-type measures for suspected offenders before a case is concluded. The consultation has now closed an...