§ Mr. Beithasked the Attorney-General how many prosecutions have been undertaken in recent years in respect of deaths in house fires of children left unattended.
§ Mr. MellorI have been asked to reply.
The information collected centrally does not enable details to be provided in the form requested. However, the information relating to proceedings for homicide in England and Wales shows no proceedings in 1982 and one in 1983 where the victim died of burning and was under the age of 17; information on whether the death was caused by negligently leaving the child unattended in a house is not readily available.