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MBDC Ministers’ response to IAPDC – alcohol and drug-related deaths in custody and the community

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Letter from The Right Honourable Kit Malthouse MP Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Probation, Victoria Atkins MP, Minister of State for Justice and Gillian Keegan MP Minister of State for Care and Mental Health in response to the IAPDC report Protecting lives: a cross-system approach to addressing alcohol and drug-related deaths within the criminal justice system.