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Prime Minister backs anti-scald campaign
Further to the press release issued by Intatec on Tuesday, we are pleased to report that Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield was able to invite the Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Questions yesterday to meet with her and the industries campaigning group to talk about anti-scald issues. He accepted the invitation.
Cynthia Fisher, Intatec's Commercial Director welcomed the news saying "We're delighted that Mary Creagh was able to bring this issue directly to the attention of the Prime Minister and we're also delighted at his positive response. We hope that this will now speed up the introduction of anti-scald legislation and highlight the dangers of bathtime scalding to the public."
The transcript from Hansard is reproduced here:
Q4. [152113] Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab): Holly Davenport from Wakefield was just five
years old when she suffered burns to 50 per cent. of her body after falling into a scalding hot bath.
Each year, 600 people suffer the same terrible fate as Holly, three quarters of whom are children under five.
Will my right hon. Friend meet me and the hot water burns like fire coalition, so that we can impress upon him the need to change the law to enable the installation of thermostatic mixing valves on the baths in the 3 million new homes that we are going to build over the next 13 years, to protect the most vulnerable in our society?
The Prime Minister: I want to praise my hon. Friend's campaign on behalf of her constituents in the light of the terrible damage and injuries that have been inflicted. We share her concern to do everything that we can to minimise scalding as a result of failures in hot water systems. We are working closely with the industry to provide guidance and training to those who install and maintain hot water systems, and to review building regulations, which are important in regard to determining what further action is necessary. I shall be happy to meet my hon. Friend and her campaigners to talk about these issues.
ENDS
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