Nitrous Oxide

(asked on 15th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters her Department sent to festival organisers regarding supply of nitrous oxide in 2014; and what response she received to those letters.


Answered by
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Norman Baker
This question was answered on 21st October 2014

The Home Office does not monitor the sale of nitrous oxide in legitimate products.

Our concerns about the availability and use of nitrous oxide at summer festivals was highlighted in my letter to 30 festivals organisers
earlier this year. I asked them to take steps to prevent its sale and use for recreational purposes. The letter was copied to the relevant local authority
and police force for each of the festival sites.

There has been a positive response from festival organisers to this and the efforts of other partners, including reports that some organisers adopted a "no legal high" policy which extended to nitrous oxide.

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