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Nitrous oxide

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Lead member
Rosie Duffield
Answering member
Kevin Foster
Department
Home Office
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 cc2118-2128
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for Canterbury (Rosie Duffield) for securing this debate, providing the opportunity for the House to discuss the misuse of nitrous oxide, which, as comments so far have indicated, is a concern across our United Kingdom.

Member
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 c2124
House
House of Commons

I take that point. As we have heard, the recreational use of this gas is a problem. Many of our constituents are concerned about the impact of the misuse of nitrous oxide, not only on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, but on their communities through associated problems such...

Member
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 c2124
House
House of Commons

Absolutely—it is about being clear that laughing gas is no laughing matter, in terms of the impact that it can have on people’s health.

Nitrous oxide is considered a psychoactive substance under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. As has been touched on, it has legitimate uses in medicine, dentistry and even...

Member
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 c2124
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I will come in a minute to some things we are looking at—a package partly around online harms more

generally, which include, of course, things being sold online and where people are being reckless as to what may end up being...

Member
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 cc2124-6
House
House of Commons

I appreciate my hon. Friend’s frustration, and having campaigned for the 2016 Act I know what the situation was before that, when the theory was that a shop would be selling research chemicals, with the idea that a research chemist was going to walk down the street and buy something...

Member
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 c2126
House
House of Commons

I cannot understand why my hon. Friend thinks that a parliamentary Adjournment debate will not fill people with joy and happiness. They always seem to fill the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) with joy, as well as us when we see him in his place. I do agree, however,...

Member
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 July 2020
Reference
678 cc2127-8
House
House of Commons