HC Deb 20 February 1979 vol 963 cc111-2W
Mr. Boscawen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will request the Health and Safety Executive to hold an immediate inquiry into the incident in which 4,000 gallons of petrol were introduced into the oil-fired central heating system of the Mendip Vale Estate, Coleford, Frome, on 5 February, putting at risk residents in 83 homes.

Mr. John Grant

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16 February 1979; Vol. 962, c. 675], gave the following information:

I understand from the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission that investigations by the Health and Safety Executive into this incident at the Mendip Vale Estate have been started and are continuing. I have asked the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission to write to the hon. Member when the results of the investigation are known.