Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68460, whether it is her assessment that legislative change will be required to better control sales of products with a high acidic content.

The Home Office and the National Police Chiefs’ Council jointly hosted a meeting on 4 July with medical experts, police, retailers, and officials from a number of Government departments and agencies to share understanding about the nature of attacks and discussed action being taken by the respective agencies. We are currently considering a range of measures which includes with retailers what action can be taken to restrict access to the most harmful products used in acid and other corrosive substance attacks.