§ 87. Sir F. FLANNERYasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the suggestion of one of His Majesty's judges that poisons in the form of powder, such as arsenic and strychnine, should be manufactured and sold only with distinctive colouring, and that white strychnine or arsenic powders should be no longer permitted; and whether the Government will introduce legislation to give effect to these suggestions?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Shortt)Yes, Sir; and, as I stated in reply to a question on the same subject on the 23rd May, inquiries are being made as to the practicability of employing distinctive colours for poisons. The investigation is not yet complete.