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Driving under Influence

Commons · Question 18370 · Tabled 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the use of roadside evidential drug testing devices in other countries; and whether she plans to introduce comparable technology in England a

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 21 Jul 2026

The Department for Transport has consulted on the potential use of alternative specimens, including oral fluid, saliva and sweat, in drug-driving forensic analysis. We are considering the responses received and will set out next steps in the usual way. No...