HC Deb 17 March 1960 vol 619 cc120-1W
71. Mr. K. Lewis

asked the Minister of Education, as representing the Minister for Science, why it took so long for the Joint Fire Research Association of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to report on the safety of portable drip-feed radiant oil heaters; and whether he will ensure that in matters of this kind a quicker method of investigation and report is instituted.

Sir D. Eccles

My noble Friend cannot agree that the report took a long time to produce. The whole operation took only 14 weeks, although it involved over 1,000 draught tests on heaters. I think the Joint Fire Research Organisation is to be congratulated rather than criticised.