Rights of Way
This note covers rights of way issues in England and Wales, including how they are recorded and how their records can be modified. It explains how they can be used and responsibilities for maintaining them.

This note provides information on the offences for drug driving and their enforcement.
Driving: drugs (504 KB , PDF)
This note provides information on the offences for drug driving and their enforcement.
Driving while under the influence of drugs is an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 with penalties similar to those for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Section 56 and Schedule 22 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 introduced a new offence of driving while over a prescribed drug limit, which can be enforced at the roadside with mobile testing equipment. This came into force in England and Wales on 2 March 2015. Scotland has as yet not introduced this offence.
There have been concerns expressed as to how those taking prescription and over the counter medication will be affected by the ‘drug drive limit’. There is a ‘medical defence’ built into the legislation, it remains to be seen how this will work in practice.
These changes are largely the consequence of the recommendations of the North Review, published in June 2010, which looked in depth at how to improve the approach to detecting and prosecuting drug driving. An Expert Panel led by Dr Kim Wolff later made recommendations on the appropriate levels of drugs that should be proscribed for the drug drive limit.
Driving: drugs (504 KB , PDF)
This note covers rights of way issues in England and Wales, including how they are recorded and how their records can be modified. It explains how they can be used and responsibilities for maintaining them.
The Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill 2024-2025 had its second reading on Friday 7 March 2025. It was considered by a Public Bill Committee on 25 June 2025 and report stage is scheduled for 11 July 2025. This is a private members' bill.
A general debate on mobile phone thefts is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on 3 July 2025.