Question follow-through · 56886

Nitrous Oxide: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to identify the point of sale.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
11 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce traceable labels on nitrous oxide canisters to identify the point of sale.

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given by the Home Office on 9 May 2025 to PQ 49048.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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