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Fire Prevention (Training)

Volume 836: debated on Saturday 4 March 1972

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what encouragement he is giving to industrial training boards to encourage fire prevention in the syllabus of training courses.

It is the normal practice of training boards to treat safety training, including fire prevention aspects, as a part of all industrial training. Nominated inspectors of my Department's Factory Inspectorate are available to advise boards on all aspects of safety training and they cover fire prevention requirements in their examination of training recommendations, manuals and course syllabuses.My Department will be giving further considerations to safety training when the Committee on Safety and Health at Work makes its report.