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Mr. Sims
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will now take action to introduce child-resistant containers for all medicines dangerous to young children.
Dr. Owen
As I explained in my reply to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) on 23rd April, the Government intend to introduce child-resistant containers in stages, starting with children's aspirin and paracetamol. It is not possible to require all medicines dangerous to young children to be in such containers immediately because the pharmaceutical and packaging industries will need time to introduce them on such a wide scale.—[Vol. 890, c. 325–8.]