Petition · past parliament

Compulsory drug-tests for MPs and other elected officials

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce compulsory, randomised drug-testing for MPs and all other elected officials in public office.
At a time when the government is clamping down on the recreational use of drugs and many ordinary people are required by their terms of employment to take randomised drug-tests, MPs and other public officials should lead by example and also be required to take such tests, as anyone whose judgement is clouded by illegal drug use should not be making decisions which affect the lives of everyone in the country. Any elected official who fails such a test should be barred from office.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

27 Mar 2023 Petition opened for signatures
29 Mar 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Mar 2023

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