An East Kent MP is to get a taste of night clubbing when he takes part in a fact-finding mission on the cocaine trade.

MP for Dover and Deal, Gwyn Prosser is part of the Commons home affairs committee, led by Labour's Keith Vaz, which will look at what goes on during "student nights".

Mr Prosser has already spent time outside a nightclub in Maidstone as part of the committee's preliminary research.

Mr Prosser said of his visit to Maidstone: "The strategy is all about deterring the sale of drugs. It's made quite clear to the night clubbers that it's going on.

"What struck me was that the young people seemed very happy to go through the scanners and that they wanted a night free of the problems you get with drugs."

Mr Vaz said: "This (cocaine dealing) is a very, very serious crime and what we want to do is make sure is that the police get as much help as possible."