§ Lords Amendment: No. 13, in page 30, line 8, column 2, leave out "(dihydro-codeinone)".
§ Mr. SharplesI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
522 If it is for the convenience of the House, perhaps we can discuss at the same time the following Lords Amendment: No. 14, in page 32, line 11, column 1, after "Mephentermine" insert "Methaqualone".
§ Amendment No. 13 is a technical one concerning the identity of the drug Hydrocodone. Since the Bill began its progress through Parliament, "Hydrocodone" has become the name approved for this drug by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission. In these circumstances it is unnecessary further to identify the drug by its chemical definition—which I do not attempt to pronounce to the House—in the list of controlled drugs—[HON. MEMBERS: "Shame !"] Amendment No. 14 adds "methaqualone" to the list of controlled drugs. It will be recalled that we had a debate on this when an Order was moved adding it to the existing powers.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendment agreed to.