HC Deb 29 April 1983 vol 41 c453W
Mr. Les Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the loss of life in Nuneaton on 26 April, if he will expedite his decision on measures to control the risks of double glazing in case of fire.

Mr. Mellor

I am obtaining a full report on this tragic fire and will write to the hon. Member when I have received and considered it.

Mr. Les Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish details of the assessment his Department has made of fire risks associated with double glazing windows; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor

The information available from central sources does not suggest that fixed double glazing has been a material factor in causing casualties from fire, but we shall obtain as quickly as possible further details of recent fires in which this type of glazing is said to have been implicated and review our policy in the light of the information received. In the meantime, I have nothing to add to the statement I made on 21 April in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner).—[Vol. 41, c.149.]