File photo dated 04/01/2022 of Home Secretary Priti Patel, who has said spiking is a new and "appalling" trend and has asked officials to look at how the Government can prepare an offence that will target the crime directly. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday February 2, 2022. The Government is looking into making spiking a specific criminal offence, MPs have been told. See PA story POLITICS Spiking. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
