Suella Braverman has clashed with the Scottish Government over its call to decriminalise drugs for personal use.
The right-wing Tory home secretary held a "fiery" meeting today with Shirley-Anne Somerville, the social justice secretary, in which she claimed such a move would cause "untold damage".SNP minister Elena Whitham claimed the “ambitious and radical proposals” would save lives.
Braverman met with Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Social Justice Secretary, today to repeat Rishi Sunak's opposition to decriminalisation."To be clear this government will not be changing our policy on personal use of illegal drugs,” the Home Secretary said at the London meeting. "I am very clear that illegal drugs destroy lives and communities – they are devastating.
"We’ve absolutely no intention of decriminalising illegal drug use and I think the Scottish National Party should focus their efforts on what powers they do have such as reforming health outcomes for the Scottish people. Scotland has had the highest level of drug-related deaths in Western Europe in recent years, with 1,330 recorded in 2021 – the latest data set – and the Scottish Government is looking to more radical approaches to stem the tide.
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