§ 42. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that hotels are deficient in fire precautions because they need not have fire-extinguishers; what evidence he has of the extent to which this deficiency has operated dangerously; and if he will now take action to require all hotels and similar places to have fire-extinguishers on their premises.
§ Mr. BrookeIt is intended to deal with fire precautions in hotels in the proposed legislation to which I referred in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Mr. Worsley) on 20th June. The matter referred to will be examined in that connection. Whatever the potential dangers may be there is no evidence to prove that the absence of this equipment has caused loss of life in hotel fires in recent years.