§ 48. Sir B. Jannerasked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the danger to children of glass doors; how many accidents to school children through the breaking of a glass panel door have been reported in the last 12 months; and whether he will issue regulations so that all panel doors in schools should be built with some safer material.
§ Mr. ChatawayYes. My right hon. Friend does not usually receive reports of accidents to school children and the recent High Court case is the only one which has come to his notice in the past 12 months.
My right hon. Friend does not consider glass panel doors unsuitable for schools provided adequate safety standards are observed. He is drawing the attention of local education authorities to a new British Standards Institution Code of Practice which makes recommendations for glazing in buildings used predominantly by young people.