§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in view of the report by the chief public health inspector for Birkenhead on dry cleaning installations and the risk of injury from the movement of mechanical plant, exposure of electrical equipment and inflammable and/or toxic or suffocating gases, if he will take appropriate action;
(2) if he will make the code of practice for dry-cleaning installations compulsory.
§ Mr. LaneThe Department of Employment and the Home Office have already issued appropriate guidance to the trade. The question of making the code of practice compulsory must await the outcome of the Government's study of the recommendations of the Committee on Safety and Health at Work, which include proposals for the statutory protection of the public in industrial and commercial premises.