§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the British Gas Corporation has now complied with the last of the three enforcement notices served by the Health and Safety Executive on its methane gas terminal at Canvey Island in April 1980; and whether he is satisfied that all safety devices at this installation are now working satisfactorily.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply,30 April 1981, c.432]: The last of the three enforcement notices served on British Gas Corporation at its Canvey Island terminal on 25 April last year expired on 1 May 1981. Compliance with the notice, which required additional precautions at above-ground methane tanks, was checked at a visit paid on 1 May 1981 by one of Her Majesty's inspectors of factories. The inspector was satisfied that compliance with the detailed terms of the notice had been achieved. I am informed by the Health and Safety Executive that detailed inquiries into the control of risk at the methane terminal are continuing.