HC Deb 19 June 1952 vol 502 cc121-2W
99. Mr. W. T. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to ensure that poisons are not sold other than by, or under the supervision of, a registered pharmacist.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

No. I think it would be unreasonable to require the public to go to a pharmacy every time they need a controlled poison.

Mr. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has yet received the opinion of the Poisons Board on the advisability of introducing legislation making it legally obligatory upon manufacturers of dangerous drugs, poisons, and the like, to have an antidote printed in label form on the bottles, jars or receptacles containing these dangerous products; and whether he will make a statement.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

Yes. The Poisons Board have advised against the introduction of such legislation.