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Grenfell and gas pipes.
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charles wrote:
In article , Roland Perry
wrote:
In message , at
13:42:23 on Wed, 12 Jul 2017, remarked:
- - - - - Lib Dems call for compulsory electrical safety checks in all
rented homes (...) 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. (...)
"Given the [Grenfell] fire seems to have started in a fridge, there must
be immediate reform to electrical safety. - - - - -
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.
However, an "electrical safety check" is unlikely to reveal anything useful.
Quite. And cost a great deal. And would the average person on here want a
stranger poking around their house testing every electrical appliance?
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*Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
Dave Plowman London SW
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