Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 25 May 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.

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SMOKE DETECTORS AND FIRE SAFETY

That this House notes that the number of fatalities from fires in dwellings has fallen by a quarter since 1999 but that there are still on average five fatalities a week; further notes with concern that approximately one quarter of social homes do not have smoke alarms; calls on the Government to strengthen legislation to ensure all local authority and registered social landlord properties have mains-powered smoke detectors on each floor and that privately rented properties have working smoke detectors at the commencement of any tenancy agreement; and further calls on the Government to increase its efforts to raise awareness of the benefits of smoke detectors.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

31 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Andrew George

Mike Hancock

Jonathan Edwards

David Simpson

Subjects

Housing

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk