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Nitrous Oxide: Sales

Commons · Question 77883 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2025

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Asked by Anna Dixon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with regulators to introduce labels for nitrous oxide canisters that can be traced to the point of sale.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 15 Oct 2025

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has responsibility for the Aerosols Dispensers Regulations 2009 which sets out the requirements for the safety of aerosol cannisters. The Regulations specify the manufacturing, labelling and transport requiremen...