Mrs. Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the report of the Poisons Board on the use of fluoroacetamide as a rat poison has now been received; and what action he proposes to take.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Poisons Board has not been asked for further advice about the use of this substance. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture asked his Advisory Committee on Poisonous Substances used in Agriculture to review its use as a rodenticide. The Committee recommended that the use of fluoroacetamide for this purpose should be restricted to ships and sewers. This recommendation has been accepted, and my182W right hon. Friend is making arrangements to put it into effect. No amendment to the Poisons Rules will be necessary.