Legislation looks to prevent 26 annual deaths

Posted on Friday 1 January 2010

The Government has announced that it will require all private sector landlords to install smoke and carbon monoxide devices in their properties from October.

According to Government officials this legislation is estimated to help prevent up to 26 deaths and 670 injuries annually.

Barry Sheerman, Member of Parliament for Huddersfield and co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group, campaigning for carbon monoxide alarms to be a mandatory requirement in UK homes, said: “This legislation has been a long time coming and while I’m pleased this will be put into effect, we can’t stop at just rental accommodation. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a great danger and I look forward to the day that all UK residents are protected by having detectors installed in their homes.”