Gas Safety In Spanish Holiday Resorts

EDM number 1556 in 1993-94, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 19/07/1994.

That this House notes with concern that holidaymakers are continuing to die from carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty gas appliance in Spanish holiday resorts; criticises the Spanish authorities for failing to carry out proper gas safety inspections because the gas supply companies are responsible for issuing safety certificates; notes that Tony Martin from Lancashire and Vincent and Patricia Tansey from Dublin died in March and April, respectively, at the Parque Santiago 3 apartment complex in Playa de Las Americas; notes with concern that having carried out safety inspections in 1991, 1992 and 1993, tour operators continue to use this and other complexes despite finding them unsafe; urges holidaymakers to boycott Spanish holiday complexes until the European Commission conducts an independent investigation into their safety; regrets the Minister's callous indifference in his parliamentary reply on 13th July; condemns Senor Lino Alfonsin for running such a death-trap and refusing gas safety expert Roy Drury entry; condemns the Spanish police for being deliberately vague about the cause of the deaths and for not following proper procedures during their investigations; criticises the Spanish medical authorities for carrying out incomplete tests on Mrs Tansey; criticises the Irish Embassy in Madrid for failing to secure a proper investigation to be carried out; calls on the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to demand an immediate enquiry at European Union level into safety standards at Spanish holiday resorts; and congratulates Mrs Molly Maher and Consumer Safety International for continuing to highlight these cases and for campaigning to improve safety standards for holidaymakers and others.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nigel Griffiths	19/07/1994	Edinburgh South		Proposed
Irene Adams	19/07/1994	Paisley North		Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/07/1994	Coventry South East		Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/07/1994	Cynon Valley		Signed
Michael Clapham	19/07/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Andrew Miller	19/07/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Gordon Prentice	19/07/1994	Pendle		Signed
Mike Gapes	20/07/1994	Ilford South		Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/07/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
Norman Godman	20/07/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
John Gunnell	20/07/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Mike Hall	20/07/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Tony Banks	20/07/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	20/07/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Evans	20/07/1994	St Helens North		Signed
John Denham	20/07/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
John Cummings	20/07/1994	Easington		Signed
Colin Pickthall	20/07/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Greg Pope	20/07/1994	Hyndburn		Signed
Peter Hardy	20/07/1994	Wentworth		Signed
Eric Illsley	20/07/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/07/1994	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/07/1994	Blyth Valley		Signed
Jean Corston	20/07/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Bill Etherington	21/07/1994	Sunderland North		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/07/1994	Islington North		Signed
David Clelland	21/07/1994	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Eddie Loyden	21/07/1994	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Ken Livingstone	21/07/1994	Brent East		Signed
Lynne Jones	21/07/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Win Griffiths	21/07/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Terry Davis	17/10/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Robert Hughes	18/10/1994	Aberdeen North		Signed
Roy Hughes	18/10/1994	Newport East		Signed
Ian Davidson	18/10/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Jim Dowd	18/10/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	18/10/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Roy Beggs	18/10/1994	East Antrim		Signed
Alan Williams	19/10/1994	Swansea West		Signed
Dennis Turner	19/10/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Janet Anderson	19/10/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	19/10/1994	Cardiff West		Signed
Bridget Prentice	20/10/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	20/10/1994	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Jack Thompson	20/10/1994	Wansbeck		Signed
Martyn Jones	26/10/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed

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