FIRE PRECAUTIONS REGULATIONS

Motion Text

That this House notes that the Government is reviewing the Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989, introduced following the Fennell Report into the 1987 King's Cross fire disaster; further notes that those regulations set out minimum standards for fire precautions in sub-surface railway stations including means of escape, means of fighting fire, minimum staffing levels and staff instruction and training; and therefore calls on the Government to maintain the regulations to ensure that there continues to be minimum statutory fire safety protection at sub-surface railway stations.