Written Question·Home Office·UIN 48303
Poisons: Sales
Tabled: 25 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Zöe Franklin
Liberal Democrat — Guildford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce legal obligations on retailers based outside Great Britain to report transactions with people in the UK involving substances regulated under the Poisons Act 1972 th
Answer
Dan JarvisThe reporting function under the Poisons Act 1972 applies to retailers in Great Britain only.Upon importation Border Force does, however, have the powers to seize or detain if regulated explosive precursors or poisons that do not have the requisite licenc...
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