§ Mr. Cabornasked the Paymaster General what is the status of the Chemical Industry Association's recommendations on the safe warehousing of chemicals; what information he has as to the degree of observance of these recommendations by Laporte Industries at the Brightside lane warehouse; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Chemical Industries Association's guidelines are voluntary.
The management of the warehouse was responsible for the way in which goods were stored. The storage of chemicals, with the exception of sodium nitrate, was in line with the Chemical Industries Association's general recommendations.
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Paymaster General exactly when the Health and Safety Executive investigation into the Brightside lane warehouse fire began.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Health and Safety Executive investigation began on the morning of Saturday 15 December 1984.
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Paymaster General exactly when officers of the Health and Safety Executive first saw the Brightside lane warehouse fire.
§ Mr. David TrippierOn the morning of Saturday 15 December 1984.
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Paymaster General how many officers of the Health and Safety Executive took part in the 1980 visit to the transit shed and warehouse at Brightside lane; and how long the visit lasted.
§ Mr. TrippierTwo inspectors visited the site on 7 May 1980. There is no record of how long the visit lasted.
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Paymaster General when South Yorkshire county fire service first officially notified the Health and Safety Executive as dangerous occurrences instances of firemen having been so affected at the Brightside lane warehouse fire as to require medical treatment.
§ Mr. TrippierNotification of this incident as a dangerous occurrence from the South Yorkshire and Humberside county fire service was received on 6 February 1985.