That this House notes with concern that every year at least 20 to 30 lives are lost from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, and possibly many more, because domestic gas appliances have not been properly installed or maintained and congratulates organisations such as Consumer Safety International, CO-Gas Safety, The Dominic Rodgers Trust and CO-Awareness on keeping this issue in the public eye; calls for increased enforcement action against incompetent and illegal installers and servicers, strongly encourages the energy industry to provide approved audible British Standard CO detectors in homes, schools and workplaces and the British holiday industry to ensure that approved audible CO detectors are available in accommodation at risk overseas; calls on relevant emergency workers to carry CO detection equipment with them; calls for more progress on training workers who install and service appliances as well as the training of clinicians to include CO poisoning to reduce misdiagnoses; and calls for the systematic recording of CO poisoning incidents so that the true scale of the problem can be identified and for a commitment by the British holiday industry to exercise the greatest possible pressure to raise the standards of gas and solid fuel safety in overseas accommodation which they place the travelling public in.

That this House notes with concern that every year at least 20 to 30 lives are lost from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, and possibly many more, because domestic gas appliances have not been properly installed or maintained and congratulates organisations such as Consumer Safety International, CO-Gas Safety, The Dominic Rodgers...

That this House notes the very considerable disfigurement, distress and costs of injuries including loss of sight from violence and accidents inflicted with glasses and bottles in and around city and town centre licensed premises, including annual costs of more than ??4 million in criminal injury compensation awards alone; congratulates Cardiff Community Safety Partnership and other local organisations in their successful efforts to mandate the use of plastic and toughened glass and to prevent glassware being taken into the street; urges all local authorities to impose mandatory use of plastic glasses and bottles in licensed premises open after 11pm; further urges local authorities to introduce financial incentives, such as money-back schemes for glassware, for glass recycling; and further urges the British Standards Institution to develop manufacturing standards for toughened glass.

That this House notes the very considerable disfigurement, distress and costs of injuries including loss of sight from violence and accidents inflicted with glasses and bottles in and around city and town centre licensed premises, including annual costs of more than ??4 million in criminal injury compensation awards alone; congratulates...

That this House notes that a number of retired police officers who have been receiving injury awards face having those awards cut when they reach statutory retirement age; further notes that many of those officers believed that the awards would be paid to them for life; further notes that awards of this kind were normally made to officers injured while engaged in protecting the interests of the public; and calls on the Government to investigate whether officers have been misled about the rules that would apply to their awards.

That this House notes that a number of retired police officers who have been receiving injury awards face having those awards cut when they reach statutory retirement age; further notes that many of those officers believed that the awards would be paid to them for life; further notes that awards...

That this House supports the work of organisations, including Rehab UK and Headway, that run successful support and vocational programmes to help people who are living with an acquired brain injury get back to work, thereby increasing their social independence and quality of life; believes that there must be improved co-ordination between local agencies and Government departments; and urges the Government to undertake a review of the provision of acquired brain injury rehabilitation services within the UK in order to ensure a better and seamless provision of services.

That this House supports the work of organisations, including Rehab UK and Headway, that run successful support and vocational programmes to help people who are living with an acquired brain injury get back to work, thereby increasing their social independence and quality of life; believes that there must be improved...

That this House supports the work of organisations, including Rehab UK and Headway, that run successful support and vocational programmes to help people who are living with an acquired brain injury get back to work, thereby increasing their social independence and quality of life; believes that there must be improved co-ordination between local agencies and the Government departments; and urges the Government to undertake a review of the provision of acquired brain injury rehabilitation services within the UK in order to ensure a better and seamless provision of services.

That this House supports the work of organisations, including Rehab UK and Headway, that run successful support and vocational programmes to help people who are living with an acquired brain injury get back to work, thereby increasing their social independence and quality of life; believes that there must be improved...

That this House notes the substantial disparity between claims made for the efficacy of pedal cycle helmets and their measured effect in real populations; notes that the Transport Research Laboratory has reported the promotion of pedal cycle helmets may lead to increased injury rates; notes that cyclist injury rates remain unchanged following passage of mandatory helmet legislation in several countries; and calls on the Department of Transport to initiate a programme of research designed to establish why increases in helmet wearing rates are not associated with reductions in head injury rates, and why the countries with the lowest helmet wearing rates are those with the lowest cyclist injury rates.

That this House notes the substantial disparity between claims made for the efficacy of pedal cycle helmets and their measured effect in real populations; notes that the Transport Research Laboratory has reported the promotion of pedal cycle helmets may lead to increased injury rates; notes that cyclist injury rates remain...

That this House welcomes Headway's Brain Injury Awareness Week, 24th February to 2nd March, to highlight the fact that brain injury is the biggest cause of death and disability in young people in the UK; notes that each year an estimated one million people are diagnosed at hospital with a traumatic brain injury or head injury; further notes that the effects of brain injury are unique to each individual but can include physical difficulties such as headache or loss of balance, thinking problems such as concentration of executive function, memory loss, speech problems and rapid mood changes; welcomes the development of the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions with its focus on neurological problems; and calls on the Government to ensure that proposed service standards are matched by resources.

That this House welcomes Headway's Brain Injury Awareness Week, 24th February to 2nd March, to highlight the fact that brain injury is the biggest cause of death and disability in young people in the UK; notes that each year an estimated one million people are diagnosed at hospital with a...

That this House regrets that the number of children in prison has doubled in a decade to stand at 2,609 in 2002, far more than any other European country; notes that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed serious concern at the high and increasing numbers of children in custody at earlier ages for lesser offences; further regrets the Government's failure to drop their reservation to article 37(c) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; notes that, in two years 296 chldren sustained injuries following restraint and control in prison; further notes with concern that since 1997, 93 young people have committed suicide while in custody; regrets that many of the children in custody are the casualties of an under-resourced and over-pressured children protection system; believes that custody should be a measure of last resort; welcomes the High Court ruling in favour of the Howard League that the Children Act 1989 applies fully to children in prison and young offender institutions; and calls on the Government to meet its obligations under the UN convention and fully comply with the High Court ruling.

That this House regrets that the number of children in prison has doubled in a decade to stand at 2,609 in 2002, far more than any other European country; notes that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed serious concern at the high and increasing numbers of...

That this House notes the recent judgement in the case of the ex-football international Jeff Astle; and calls on the Government to co-ordinate research into the growing evidence and correlation beteen brain damage of the heading of leather balls in the pursuit of sporting achievement.

That this House notes the recent judgement in the case of the ex-football international Jeff Astle; and calls on the Government to co-ordinate research into the growing evidence and correlation beteen brain damage of the heading of leather balls in the pursuit of sporting achievement.

That this House notes the recent report of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals entitled 'Fireworks and Animals', which estimates that at least 8,000 animals received veterinary attention for problems directly related to fireworks in Scotland in 2001, that the duration of animals' exposure to firework stress and injury stretched far beyond 5th November, with some vets receiving cases as early as September and that in some cases, animals have had to be put down due to injury or stress associated with fireworks; is particularly disturbed by and condemns the cases of deliberate attacks on animals, including one reported episode where fireworks were let off in a car containing two dogs; agrees with the SSPCA's conclusions that the sale and use of fireworks should be restricted to a strict time window, which would allow pet owners to plan in advance and that people planning fireworks displays should be actively encouraged to consider the effects on neighbouring animals; and believes that this information only serves to back up the widespread feeling within the House that the sale and use of fireworks must be better regulated.

That this House notes the recent report of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals entitled 'Fireworks and Animals', which estimates that at least 8,000 animals received veterinary attention for problems directly related to fireworks in Scotland in 2001, that the duration of animals' exposure to firework...

That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to extending rehabilitation services and helping disabled people who want to go back into work; considers that successful support and vocational programmes, such as those run by Headway, or the brain injury association and Rehab UK play a vital part in helping people who are living with an acquired brain injury back to work, thereby increasing their social independence, their quality of life and making long term savings to the Exchequer; is therefore concerned that there is little understanding of the needs of people with acquired brain injury; believes there must be widespread recognition and education on the planning for and treatment of individuals living with an acquired brain injury (similar to those leaving hospital with physical disabilities), including the adoption of a separate user category by social services departments; further believes that there must be improved co-ordination and communication between local agencies and Government departments; and urges the Government to implement a national education and training programme for NHS and social care staff, and to undertake a review of the provision of acquired brain injury rehabilitation services within the UK with a view to introducing national funding strategy.

That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to extending rehabilitation services and helping disabled people who want to go back into work; considers that successful support and vocational programmes, such as those run by Headway, or the brain injury association and Rehab UK play a vital part in helping people...

That this House notes the serious nature of injuries sustained in pubs and clubs from pint and half pint capacity glasses and glass bottles; further notes the lasting physical and psychological scarring which frequently result from such injuries predominantly in young people; notes the substantial expenditure these injuries necessitate in terms of burdens on tax payers through criminal injury compensation awards; notes that research carried out at the University of Wales College of Medicine indicates that many injuries could be prevented through a switch to multi-layer plastic bottles and that there is a need to increase safety standards by 'kite marking' one pint and half pint capacity glasses to indicate conformity to basic manufacturing standards for toughened glass; congratulates all those involved in bringing about the almost universal adoption of toughened glass over the past five to 10 years; and now urges the replacement of glass bottles with multi-layer plastic bottles, urges the British Standards Institution to develop manufacturing standards for toughened glass and urges local authorities and the police to ban the carrying of glasses and glass bottles in public places.

That this House notes the serious nature of injuries sustained in pubs and clubs from pint and half pint capacity glasses and glass bottles; further notes the lasting physical and psychological scarring which frequently result from such injuries predominantly in young people; notes the substantial expenditure these injuries necessitate in...