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Roland Perry

In message , at
13:42:23 on Wed, 12 Jul 2017, remarked:
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Lib Dems call for compulsory electrical safety checks in all rented homes
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Speaking today in the House of Commons on the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson Wera Hobhouse MP called on
the Government to introduce compulsory electrical safety tests in all rented homes to protect tenants.

The checks would be required every 5 years, in line with the requirements for gas checks, and paid for by private landlords or in the case of
social rented homes, by the council or managing body.
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"Given the [Grenfell] fire seems to have started in a fridge, there must be immediate reform to electrical safety.
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Much as Grenfell is a tragedy, I really wish politos would do some research
before jumping on the latest bandwagon.

What research topic did you have in mind?

I saw a report cited yesterday that 1800 fires a year (throughout the
country) are started by faults in kitchen appliances. The previous
serious fire in a London tower block was caused by a fault in a TV.

An earlier statistic from the London Fire Brigade was that they attend
two fires in a tower block per day.
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Roland Perry