Petition · past parliament

Introduce Drugs of Abuse testing for sitting members of parliament.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Workplace drug testing exists in many sectors, military, transport, clinical, but not in government. The public deserves to have representatives who are sober and not impeded by drugs of abuse. A recent study showed that all but 1 bathroom in the Houses of Parliament contained traces of cocaine.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Mandatory drug tests for all MPs, Lords & their staff: Mandatory drug tests for all MPs, Lords & their staff

Mandatory drug testing for everyone working on the parliamentary estate: Mandatory drug testing for everyone working on the parliamentary estate

Timeline

19 Apr 2022 Petition opened for signatures
22 Apr 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Apr 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.