Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Nitrous oxide: updated harms assessment, published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on 6 March 2023, what steps she plans to take to help prevent the misuse of nitrous oxide; and if she will make a statement.

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published their report on nitrous oxide on 6 March, setting out the evidence as it currently stands and making seven recommendations.

The Government will consider the ACMD advice carefully along with any other available evidence, as appropriate, and will respond in due course.