Fire Safety In Retail Outlets

EDM number 1009 in 1999-00, proposed by Frank Cook on 24/07/2000.

That this House congratulates the B and Q chain of retail outlets for initiating in 1995 a ú25 million programme of fitting sprinkler protection to their new and existing outlets; notes that this programme, which is 87 per cent. complete at this time, covers 6.6 million square feet and will use 80,700 sprinkler heads and over 280 km of pipework of various diametres; registers approval of this provision of protection and confidence for in-store teams and customers and inhibition of arson and terrorist attack; and advocates the early adoption of similar programmes with equal vigour by all large retail operators.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.