HC Deb 14 March 1969 vol 779 c380W
Mr. Roebuck

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing for each of the last convenient 12-month periods the number of children under the age of eight years who have died from poisoning as a result of inadvertently taking medicines not intended for them.

Mr. Crossman

Information is not available in the form asked for, but the following table shows:

open; and if he will seek powers with a view to establishing a Government factory to manufacture such containers for National Health Service medicines.

Mr. Crossman

The Answer to the first part of the Question is "Yes". I do not think the establishment of a Government factory would help.

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