Fire Services: Warwickshire

Mr. Stewart Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had following the firefighter fatalities at Atherstone on Stour in November 2007 with (a) Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, (b) the Warwickshire Fire Authority, (c) HM Government Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor and (d) the Health and Safety Executive on the improvement notice served on Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service in January 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Malik
No recent discussions have taken place following the firefighter fatalities at Atherstone on Stour in November 2007. There is an ongoing police and Health and Safety Executive investigation into the incident and it would therefore be inappropriate to make a statement at this time.