Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances

HC Deb 02 November 1965 vol 718 cc156-7W

Mr. Homer

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps he is taking to accelerate the work of the Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances on the carriage by road of explosive and highly inflammable substances;

(2) what was the date of the first meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances; and when it will meet again.

Mr. George Thomas

The earliest date on which it was possible to arrange the first meeting of the Committee was 13th September 1965. The Committee, whose field is wide and complex, covering many hundreds of dangerous substances, is concentrating first on the control of the carriage by road of some 70 inflammable liquids, under the headings of packaging, loading and labelling, and the operation and construction of vehicles. My Department has prepared certain proposals, and is engaged in preparing others, for consideration by the technical sub-committees to which the detailed work will fall. The Committee will meet again as soon as the technical sub-committees have made sufficient progress.