Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the definition of butane product in the Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999.

The Government has no plans to review the definition of butane in the Cigarette
Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999.

We recently wrote to all summer festival organisers to highlight concerns we
have about the availability of gases such as nitrous oxide at festivals and
asked them to take steps to prevent the sale of these gases. We have received a
number of positive responses to this request.

Nitrous oxide has a number of legitimate medical and industrial uses, but any
suggestion of misuse, particularly by young people is of concern. It is
currently an offence to sell any gas for the purpose of causing intoxication to
anyone under the age of 18, including over the internet, under the Intoxicating
Substances (Supply) Act 1985.