Question follow-through · 49048
Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to allow the authorities to know the point of sale.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 9 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to allow the authorities to know the point of sale.
1 May 2025
Target answer date
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9 May 2025
Answer published
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21 May 2025
Answer corrected
With apologies for the previous answer, nitrous oxide is controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and it is an offence to produce, supply, offer to supply, possess, possess with intent to supply, import and export nitrous oxide, wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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