| Heading: |
Housing: Fire Prevention |
| Question ID: |
1806667 |
| UIN: |
55100 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5078 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Pippa Heylings
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| Asking Member handle: |
pippaheylings
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@pippaheylings
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the safety of cooking appliances in order to reduce the number of home fires. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Answer text: |
Regulations require manufacturers to place only safe gas-fuelled and electric powered cookers and ovens on the market. Regulations require gas-fuelled cookers to be installed by a competent and Gas-Safe registered engineer. Landlords must ensure gas safet... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |