HL Deb 16 November 1983 vol 444 c1368WA
Lord Irving of Dartford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What progress has been made with the EEC draft directive first published in 1975 on electrically operated lifts; and what view they take of the need for such a directive.

The Earl of Gowrie

Discussion in the Council of Ministers of the proposed EC directive on electrically operated lifts was completed in September 1980. The proposal was then passed to the Committee of Permanent Representatives in Brussels for resolution of a number of reservations held by member states. It has remained at this stage, pending resolution of the issue of access of countries outside the EC, a general problem relating to EC directives and not one specific to this proposal. Although there is no safety benefit to the United Kingdom from this proposed directive, the United Kingdom lift industry favours the harmonisation of standards that the directive would bring; therefore its adoption would be welcomed by Her Majesty's Government.