§ 48. Sir W. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reply he proposes to send to the report sent to his Department last week by the Brighton Fire Brigades Committee of the Brighton Council concerning the safety conditions for 200 people in St. Michael Place, Brighton; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Miss BaconA letter giving some account of this matter was sent recently by the Town Clerk to the Department of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government, but this did not call for a reply. The way in which the Council exercises its statutory powers relating to fire precautions is within its own discretion and there are no grounds, in this case, on which my right hon. Friend could intervene.