Emergency Call Number (Hansard, 21 October 1991)

HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 c311W 311W

§ Mr. Butler
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will meet European Community officials to discuss the proposal for the community emergency call number of 112 to be introduced by January 1993; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Redwood
No. The Council decision on the introduction of single European emergency number 112 was adopted on 29 July. The new number will be introduced in the United Kingdom alongside the existing 999 emergency call number. There are no plans to abolish the 999 number.