HC Deb 07 February 1989 vol 146 c620W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to introduce specific statutory requirements for the provision of sanitation in deep coal mines.

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 6 February 1989]: Specific statutory requirements for the provision of sanitation in all coal mines already exist. They are section 94 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 and the Coal and Other Mines (Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1956.

These provisions are being reviewed and will be updated as part of the Health and Safety Commission's programme for the renewal of mining safety legislation.