§ Mr. Moneyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement regarding the recent traffic accident involving a spillage of dangerous chemicals in Yarmouth Road, Ipswich.
§ Mr. LaneI have been asked to reply.
In the early morning of 18th January three lorries were involved in a collision in Yarmouth Road, Ipswich. One of the lorries was carrying some two-gallon containers of formic acid, a substance to which the Corrosive Substances (Conveyance by Road) Regulations 1971 apply. Two containers were damaged, but no personal injury resulted, although two persons were trapped in the cab of a lorry until released by the fire brigade.