§ Mr. Tom Boardmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the implementation of the Fire Precautions Act, 1971.
§ Mr. SharplesThe Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. Friend have accepted a recommendation of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Councils for England and Wales and for Scotland that the Act should first be applied to hotels and boarding-houses. Consultations with outside interests concerned are in progress, with particular reference to the code of fire precautions practice for such premises which has been devised, and it is hoped to lay orders before the House in the course of the next few weeks.