§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department Whether opium, the manufacture of the Indian Government, imported into the United Kingdom for the use of Chinese or others for smoking or other purposes, will be allowed to be sold here as in India without being labelled " Poison," as is required by law to be done as regards opium sold for use as medicine and under penalties enforceable in the Criminal Courts?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E)According to the provisions of the Pharmacy Act opium cannot be sold in Great Britain unless, together with the name of the article, the word " Poison " is used, and the name and address of the seller are given.