HC Deb 10 April 1967 vol 744 c715
11. Mr. David Watkins

asked the Minister of Labour if he will set up an industrial safety training centre in the north-east of England.

Mr. Fernyhough

The Northern Economic Planning Council has proposed to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents that the Society should take the initiative in convening representatives of industry and others to assess the need for a centre and the prospects of organising one. We will gladly keep in touch with developments and help in any way we can.

Mr. Watkins

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that information. Is he aware that in the northern economic planning region an average of two persons are killed and 800 are injured every week in industrial accidents and that this is, therefore, urgent?

Mr. Fernyhough

I appreciate the urgency of this matter. I shall be going straight from this House this afternoon to a meeting at which we will be discussing some of these problems.