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Wired For Safety Campaign

EDM number 1526 in 2001-02, proposed by Martin Caton on 01/07/2002.

That this House congratulates the National Assembly for Wales on initiating the 'Wired for Safety' campaign which draws attention to the evidence that disadvantaged groups are at most risk from fire and the fact that houses of multiple occupation account for the majority of all fire deaths, and which addresses the need for hard-wired smoke detectors and sprinkler systems within homes and public buildings, including schools; remains concerned, however that the number of deaths caused by fire is twice the national murder rate, that 75 per cent. of accidental fires occur in the home and that there are three school fires a day in the United Kingdom; recognises the evidence from Europe that losses from fires in buildings protected by sprinklers were just 10 per cent. of those without sprinkler systems; notes that since the City of Vancouver, in Canada, passed a by-law requiring the installation of sprinklers and hard-wired protection systems in all new residential constructions, the number of deaths from fire in the city has dropped dramatically; and therefore urges government at all levels in the United Kingdom to adopt policies to improve radically the number of people protected by hard-wired smoke detectors and sprinkler systems, at home, in education, at work and in leisure.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Caton01/07/2002GowerLabourProposed
Julie Morgan02/07/2002Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley02/07/2002Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Win Griffiths02/07/2002BridgendLabourSigned
Paul Flynn02/07/2002Newport WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis02/07/2002Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Terry Davis02/07/2002Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/07/2002KeighleyLabourSigned
Kevin Brennan02/07/2002Cardiff WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell02/07/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Adam Price02/07/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Iddon03/07/2002Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones03/07/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Jones03/07/2002CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara03/07/2002Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Wayne David03/07/2002CaerphillyLabourSigned
Simon Thomas03/07/2002CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Simpson04/07/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore04/07/2002HendonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn04/07/2002Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara04/07/2002Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis08/07/2002Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alice Mahon09/07/2002HalifaxLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty09/07/2002Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham09/07/2002Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Bill Etherington09/07/2002Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams09/07/2002ConwyLabourSigned
Iris Robinson10/07/2002StrangfordDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/07/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Khalid Mahmood10/07/2002Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell10/07/2002East LondonderryDUPSigned
Matthew Green10/07/2002LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon11/07/2002North DownUUPSigned
Jim Knight11/07/2002South DorsetLabourSigned

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