This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition Introduce mandatory random drug testing for MPs

With recent discussion of stopping benefits for those with addictions, it seems only fitting that those representing us in the Houses of Parliament are subject to random drugs testing.

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