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Page last updated at 16:59 GMT, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 17:59 UK

Winehouse dad in drug help plea

Singer Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has been talking to MPs at Westminster about the lack of help for ordinary people and their families dealing with drug problems.

The London cabbie says his daughter, who has been drug-free for a year, has been fortunate to be able to afford the best treatment but others are not so lucky.

BBC London's Sara Smith reports.

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