§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those major equipment stores of all three services which are both without sprinkler protection and with asbestos roofing of a type which is hazardous to health when ignited.
§ Mr. Stanley[pursuant to his reply, 8 July 1983 c. 195]: This information is not readily available but the matter will be covered in the review which I have set in hand.
§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Defence if his review into fire prevention methods of the three services will include an analysis of those stores still retaining asbestos roofs or contents of a type which is hazardous to health when ignited.
§ Mr. Stanley[pursuant to his reply, 8 July 1983 c. 195]: The review will focus primarily on buildings in which high value stores are concentrated. Some of them may have the characteristics described by my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the review he is conducting into fire protection methods in the three services to be completed; and if a copy of this, with its recommendations, will be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Stanley[pursuant to his reply, 8 July 1983, c. 195.]: I am asking for the review to be completed by the end of August. The papers concerned may be classified but I will inform the House of my conclusions.
§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Defence to what extent sprinklers for use against fire are installed in the principal stores containing highly inflammable uniforms and other equipment for all three services; and whether there is any other major store in a similar situation to the 10 acre store at Donnington, Shropshire, in being without sprinkler protection.
§ Mr. Stanley[pursuant to his reply, 8 July 1983, c. 195.]: Sprinklers are not installed in all major stores nor are they necessarily appropriate. I shall be looking into this matter in the light of the review I have set in hand.