Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on amending the Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursor Regulations 2015 to make (a) sulphuric acid and (b) other corrosive substances regulated substances under those regulations; and if she will make a statement.

Sulphuric acid and a number of other corrosive substances are already captured as reportable substances under the Poisons Act 1972. The Government’s action plan to tackle the use of acid and other corrosive substances in violent attacks contains a range of measures to prevent attacks including measures by retailers on the sale of acid and corrosive substances and further action under the Poisons Act 1972 and whether its restrictions could be applied to cover other acids.