§ 95. Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will seek powers to set up a 24-hour emergency telephone service to provide information and instructions in the event of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles carrying dangerous chemicals, along the lines of the Chemical Manufacturers' Association in the United States of Amercia, details of which have been supplied to him.
§ Mr. LaneThe police and fire services have already been notified of arrangements made by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited to provide a 24-hour advisory service on the action to be taken in incidents involving hazardous chemicals. I am consulting the Chemical Industries Association about possible ways of widening this scheme.