§ 53. Viscount ELMLEYasked the Home Secretary whether he proposes to take any action with regard to the evidence given at a recent inquest in Liverpool on a woman who had died from an overdose of medinal?
§ Mr. CLYNESUnder the existing law I have no power to take any action in this matter, but the Government have under consideration the question of introducing legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the recent Committee on the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts, one of which was to the effect that power be given to prohibit by rule the sale of certain poisons except on a medical prescription.