asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to end the manufacture and sale of amyl nitrite; and if he will make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the extent of drug abuse on amyl nitrate within the scope of existing anti-drug regulations.

[pursuant to his reply, 18 December 1986, c. 651]: In the light of comments which I have recently received, I am asking the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to consider whether there now appear to be sufficient grounds to justify controlling the alkyl nitrite group of chemicals under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.