Gas Safety Week 2015

EDM number 450 in 2015-16, proposed by Margaret Ferrier on 15/09/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Health education and preventive medicine and Oil, petrol and natural gas.

That this House welcomes Gas Safety Week which runs from 14 to 20 September 2015; recognises the importance that this awareness campaign plays each year in bringing attention to the fact that carbon monoxide is a silent killer that is odourless and colourless, and can kill quickly with no warning; notes that at least 50 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK every year; further recognises the part the campaign plays in raising awareness that deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning are entirely preventable; further notes that the best way of preventing carbon monoxide poisoning is to ensure that all gas appliances are checked regularly by a gas safe registered installer; and urges all organisations with a stake in improving gas safety to consider ways of making more resources available for the promotion of the campaign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.