HC Deb 21 March 1905 vol 143 cc633-4
MR. REMNANT (Finsbury, Holborn)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that limited liability companies are not amenable to the Poison Regulations prescribed by the Pharmacy Act, 1868, and approved by the Privy Council, and to the statement of the President of the Board of Trade that the question of amending the law to remedy this evil would not be germane to a Companies Bill, he will take into consideration the expediency of recommending that facilities be given during the present session for the passing of the Pharmacy Acts Amendment Bill, which is designed to place companies in the same position as individuals in regard to the sale of poisons.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) I regret that I cannot promise facilities to the Bill referred to by the hon. Member. I am not in a position to add anything to the Answer which I gave on March 14th † to the hon. Member for Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities.