Poisons: Sales

(asked on 12th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, to Question 8330, if she will publish guidance provided by her Department on informing online retailers how to identify suspicious transactions within the terms of the Poisons Act 1972.


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Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 20th September 2017

As well as frequently engaging with online retailers of substances under the control of the Poisons Act 1972, guidance for both online and physical sellers can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hazardous-sites-and-substances#epp-licensing:-guidance-for-businesses

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