§ 37. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, having regard to recent fatalities caused by drinking Paraquat from Coca Cola and other similar bottles, what special instructions he is giving public health authorities on the use and storage of Paraquat, for which there is no known cure when drunk by human beings.
§ Mr. AlisonI am advised that the substance to which my hon. Friend refers is used primarily for agricultural and horticultural purposes and I would refer him to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Mr. Money) by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food on Tuesday, 7th December last.—[Vol. 827, c.261.]