HC Deb 23 February 1891 vol 350 c1370
MR. MATTHEW KENNY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can confirm the statement published in newspapers that ether has been scheduled as a poison, and can in future be sold in Ireland only by chemists?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

As stated by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question addressed to him on December 1, ether has been scheduled, and it can only now be sold by qualified chemists or druggists as a poison.