§ SIR THOMAS DEWARI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to a coroner's inquest, held at Southwark on the 23rd inst., when the jury, in returning a verdict of death by misadventure, added a rider that the sellers of acids and all poisons should be compelled to label the vessel with the 1236 name of the substance it contained and the word poison, and that no poison should be sold to young children except in sealed bottles; and, if so, will the question of legislation on the subject receive his consideration.
§ * MR. AKERS-DOUGLASI have been asked by my right hon. friend to answer this Question. I am not aware of the facts of this particular case, but as to further legislation with regard to the sale of poisons I would refer my hon. friend to the statement made by the Prime Minister on the 4th March last,† indicating that the matter only awaited a favourable opportunity.