§ Mr. Marksasked the Home Secretary if be will hold a public inquiry into the recent fire at Woolworth's, Manchester.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have asked the appropriate sub-committee of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Councils for England and Wales and for Scotland to conduct a full investigation into all the circumstances of this fire. In the light of that investigation and the findings of the coroner's inquest, I shall consider whether any more formal inquiry is called for.