§ Sir E. GRAHAM-LITTLEasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the hardship caused by the exclusion of university graduates in chemistry, unless they are or become members or associates of the Institute of Chemistry, from the list of persons authorised to undertake or supervise the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations containing any poison used in the internal treatment of human ailments, he will instruct his 1056W Department to add to the categories of persons so authorised (Report of the Poisons Board, Cmd. 4192, Appendix II, Rule 27) persons qualified by the possession of degrees testifying competency in chemistry, issued by accredited universities, without being required to seek membership of the Institute of Chemistry?
§ Sir J. SIMONNotice of my intention to make rules under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, including the rule to which the hon. Member refers, has been published in accordance with the Rules Publication Act, 1893, and I shall not be in a position to take any final decisions until after the expiration of the period during which the draft rules are open for representations to be made to me. The hon. Member may rest assured that all such representations will be most carefully considered.