| Heading: |
Nitrous Oxide: Misuse |
| Question ID: |
1791187 |
| UIN: |
43209 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4853 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Hudson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Neil Hudson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the (a) categorisation of nitrous oxide as a Class C drug and (b) the potential impacts this categorisation has on le |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Diana Johnson
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| Answering Member handle: |
DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DianaJohnsonMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Nitrous oxide was controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in November 2023. At the same time the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 were amended to regulate its lawful use in healthcare, catering and other sectors. In the year to Mar... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |