Written Question·Home Office·UIN 46559

Sodium Nitrate: Regulation

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce additional (a) regulation and (b) monitoring of sodium nitrate further to the provisions within the Poisons Act 1972.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Poisons Act 1972 sets out the legal obligations in relation to the sale, purchase, and use of explosives precursors and poisons for suppliers, professional users, and members of the public.The Poisons Act was amended in October 2023 to strengthen cont...

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