§ Mr. McMahonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider amending the building regulations to require the installation of smoke detectors in all new buildings.
§ Sir George YoungSince December 1981 the building regulations in England and Wales have required the provision of smoke detectors in air conditioning systems in new buildings. There is, however, little evidence to suggest that extending controls to require smoke detectors in all new buildings would materially improve the already high standards of life safety achieved by the stringent structural fire safety standards demanded by the current regulations.