Sodium Nitrate: Regulation
Commons · Question 46559 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
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
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 30 Apr 2025
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...