§ Mr. Forresterasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is satisfied with the present controls for the storage of liquid petroleum gas and other hazardous materials; and what improvements or alterations in the regulations have been introduced in the past year.
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§ Mr. WaddingtonExisting legislation on flammable gases, which includes liquefied petroleum gas, has been reviewed. New regulations to cover the manufacture, storage, use and disposal of all flammable gases and oxygen are being drafted. They will be the subject of a consultative document. A similar review is in hand on flammable liquids.
The storage of liquefied petroleum gas and other hazardous materials in quantities deemed to constitute a possible major hazard will be covered by the new notification regulations for installations handling hazardous substances, proposals for which have been put to me recently by the Health and Safety Commission.