HC Deb 06 November 1997 vol 300 c282W
Ms Blears

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who is to be the next Chief Inspector of Fire Services. [15140]

Mr. Straw

Mr. Graham Meldrum CBE, the Chief Fire Officer of the West Midlands Fire Service, will become Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services in succession to Sir Bryan Collins OBE, who retires on 31 December.