§ Mr. NEVILLEasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that in the United States of America no poisonous substance can lawfully be sold by retail unless the bottle or other receptacle containing the same bears a label stating the name of the poison, its character, whether alkaloid, narcotic, or otherwise, and the appropriate antidote, remedy, or treatment to be used in case the poison is improperly taken or applied; and, if so whether he will consider the advisability, by Order in Council or otherwise, under the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts, of making regulations that a label giving similar information shall be affixed to every bottle or receptacle containing poison sold by retail in this country?
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§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am informed that the Privy Council Office has no knowledge of the American regulations referred to. No evidence has reached that office which would show that there is any pressing need for an amendment of the existing poison regulations in the direction indicated by the question, and it is considered doubtful whether it is desirable to multiply the purely mechanical precautions of the kind suggested.