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Window Blind Safety

Volume 711: debated on Thursday 25 June 2009

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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to take actions concerning looped cords for blinds and curtains following the recommendations of the sheriff in Alloa at the conclusion of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Muireann McLaughlin. [HL3997]

The Sheriff published his determination on the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Muireann McLaughlin on 28 May. This department is carefully considering the recommendations made and how best to deal with them.