Safety In Outdoor Education

EDM number 737 in 1993-94, proposed by David Jamieson on 03/03/1994.

That this House expresses its deep concern over the safety of children at outdoor adventure centres; is extremely worried by recent newspaper reports which revealed that the owner of an adventure centre, whose own centre had received an unsatisfactory rating from an independent inspector, was recruited by the British Activity Holidays Association to inspect other outdoor adventure centres; believes the Government's response to the Lyme Bay tragedy was woefully inadequate, as only 100 out of over 3,000 centres will be inspected by the Health and Safety Executive; notes that 22nd March marks the first anniversary of the Lyme Bay canoeing tragedy, in which four young people from Southway School in Plymouth lost their lives; further notes that no new safety regulations have been introduced for the outdoor activities industry since the Lyme Bay tragedy; and calls for measures to be introduced to ensure that the safety of children is not put at risk on outdoor activity holidays.

This motion has been signed by a total of 152 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.