Fire Safety And Garments

EDM number 350 in 1995-96, proposed by Lawrence Cunliffe on 30/01/1996.

That this House notes with sadness and concern the tragic death of 15 year-old Melanie Ellison after suffering horrendous burns when a padded shirt she was wearing caught fire through a spark from a cooker; calls on the Government to introduce legislation that padded shirts of this kind should be filled with non-inflammable material or at least contain a warning label saying that the filling is inflammable; and further urges that the legislation should apply to all clothing and goods where inflammable materials are used.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.