alan_m wrote
Mr Pounder Esquire wrote

"For safety reasons and as required by law, we will still send an
authorised meter reader to inspect your meter from time to time."

And you believe that the man that comes around has any qualifications or
gas safe/corgi registration to allow him to make a legal assessment on gas
safety, especially in the 10 seconds he is actually on the property?

Irrelevant to what the law requires.