§ Brian CotterTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the work being carried out by his Department to rationalise fire safety legislation; and if he will make a statement. [119446]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is working with stakeholder organisations, through the Fire Safety Advisory Board, to refine our proposals to reform fire safety legislation, on which we consulted last year. Although the consultation exercise formally ended on 22 November 2002, we took the decision to take account of any further comments received while consideration of responses was being conducted. That work is now largely complete and we expect to be in a position to bring legislation, in the form a Regulatory Reform Order, before Parliament in the autumn.