Question follow-through · 10133

Nitrous Oxide: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to further regulate the sale of nitrous oxide cannisters.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
18 Jun 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to further regulate the sale of nitrous oxide cannisters.

  2. 18 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Since November 2023, nitrous oxide has been controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Under the Act, it is an offence to produce, supply, offer to supply, possess, possess with intent to supply, import or export nitrous oxide where ...

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