§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection having regard to the number of accidents involving lawn mowers and hedge trimmers revealed during the first 12 months' operation of the home accident surveillance system set up by his Department in January 1977 by the 20 participating hospitals, what is the likely number of such accidents during the year 1977 in the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that it is not yet possible to estimate with any acceptable degree of accuracy from data provided by the Home Accident Surveillance System the total number of acci-440W dents in the United Kingdom involving individual products.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will advise users of lawn mowers and hedge trimmers of the precautions they should take and of the dangers involved therein.
§ Mr. John FraserThe instructions which accompany lawn mowers and hedge trimmers, when purchased, usually include advice on safe usage; moreover mains-operated appliances of this kind are required by the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1975 to be marked with or accompanied by information of which the user needs to be aware for their safe operation. However, as I stated in reply to my hon. Friend's Question on 10th July, the need for publicity on this subject will be kept in mind.—[Vol. 953, c.369.]