§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is satisfied with existing legislation dealing with the illegal occupation of residential property; and whether he has any proposals to amend such legislation.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonI have been asked to reply.
Offences of entering and remaining on property are currently under review by the Law Commission, which published a consultative working paper on the subject in June 1974. We should await its final report before considering whether any 284W at work which occurred on North Sea oil rigs during each quarter of 1972, 1973 and 1974; and how many of these proved fatal.
§ Mr. BennQuarterly figures for 1972 and 1973 are not available. Annual figures of deaths and fatal accidents for those years are published at Appendix 14 of my Department's publication "Development of the oil and gas resources of the United Kingdom". Quarterly figures for 1974 are as follows:
changes in the law in this field are desirable.