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Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility

Inquiry

This inquiry is examining the legal and policy challenges faced in setting up and running the pilot Safer Drugs Consumption Facility (SDCF) which opened in Glasgow in January 2025. This inquiry will examine the case for the facility, as well as its medical effectiveness in reducing drug-related harm in Scotland. The Committee will consider the current legal position of the SDCF, what challenges this presents, and what statutory and policy changes at a UK level might be necessary to enable the facility to operate sustainably beyond its three-year pilot.

This inquiry follows up on relevant aspects of the Scottish Affairs Committee’s previous work on this issue in the 2017-19 Parliament.

Read the terms of reference for more detail about the inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 3 February 2025.

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Past events

Wednesday 4 June 2025
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence 4 June 2025
9:30am
  • Neil Gray MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care at Scottish Government)
  • Laura Zeballos (Deputy Director, Drugs Policy Division at Scottish Government)
10:30am
  • Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP (Minister of State for Crime Policing and Fire at Home Office)
  • Marcus Starling (Deputy Director for Drugs and Alcohol at Home Office)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 May 2025
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence 7 May 2025
9:30am
  • Dorothy Bain KC, The Lord Advocate
  • Jenny Hamilton (Policy and Engagement at Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)
10:45am
  • Superintendent Joanne McEwan, Police Scotland
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 5 March 2025
9:15am Private
9:45am Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence 5 March 2025
9:45am
  • Kelda Gaffney (Interim Assistant Chief Officer, Adult Services & Chief Social Work Officer at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership)
  • Lynn MacDonald (Service Manager at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
  • Councillor Allan Casey (City Convener for Workforce and Homelessness and Addiction Services at Glasgow City Council)
  • Dr Saket Priyadarshi (Associate Medical Director, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 12 February 2025
9:30am Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence 12 February 2025
9:30am
  • Catriona Matheson (Professor in Substance Use at The University of Stirling)
  • Andrew McAuley (Professor of Public Health at Glasgow Caledonian University)
  • Vittal Katikireddi (Professor of Public Health & Health Inequalities at The University of Glasgow)
  • Gillian Shorter (Reader in Clinical Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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