Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Jamieson (Labour), on Thursday, 3 March 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 154 members in total.

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SAFETY IN OUTDOOR EDUCATION

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

737 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Outdoor education Outdoor recreation Safety measures

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk