HC Deb 21 November 1951 vol 494 cc57-8W
107. Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will prohibit by Regulation the use of strychnine for poisoning animals.

Mr. Llewellyn

My right hon. Friend has no power to prohibit by Regulation the use of strychnine for poisoning animals but its sale for this purpose is already prohibited by the Poisons Rules except that it may be obtained for poisoning seals and moles on the production of a written authority. The Committee on Cruelty to Wild Animals recommended that this relaxation of the rules should be reviewed, and the Committee's recommendations are being examined.