Letter: Drugs and MEPs

Monday 19 January 1998 00:02 GMT

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Sir: Your article (16 January) on a European Parliament report on drugs is misleading. A large number of MEPs, including Labour members, had serious reservations about the report, as they do not believe its proposals will help in the fight against drugs. That is why a majority of MEPs from a wide range of political groups and nationalities voted for the report to be sent back to the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee for further consideration.

WAYNE DAVID MEP

Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party

Cardiff

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