§ Mr. Wootton-Daviesasked the Home Secretary whether there is any authority with investigating power in cases where firms decline to shoulder or evade shouldering a fair proportion of fire-fighting services in the City of London; and, if not, whether he will consider creating one?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonUnder paragraph (6) of Defence Regulation 27A any constable, and any person authorised in writing by the appropriate authority, may at any time enter and inspect any premises to which the Fire Prevention (Business Premises) Order applies for the purpose of seeing whether the Order is being complied with. The appropriate authorities for the purposes of the Business Premises Order are given in Article 7 of that Order and include, in relation to certain factory or commercial premises in the City of London, the Common Council.