PE1910: Amend the forthcoming legal requirement to have interlinked fire and smoke alarms in small houses
Petition summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce an exemption for smaller houses from the requirement to have interlinked smoke and fire alarms fitted which comes into force in February 2022.
Petitioner: Ian Nicol
Status: Closed
Date published: 11 October 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe briefing (175KB, pdf) posted 09 November 2021
Committee Meetings
1 December 2021: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 1 December 2021
23 February 2022: The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government has indicated that it believes an exemption for smaller houses from the requirement to have interlinked smoke and fire alarms is inappropriate and therefore does not intend to introduce one.
Official Report of Meeting 23 February 2022
Written Submissions
PE1910/A: Scottish Government submission of 12 November 2021
PE1910/B: Petitioner submission of 23 November 2021
PE1910/C: Scottish Government submission of 30 December 2021
PE1910/D: Petitioner submission of 17 January 2022
PE1910/E: Association of British Insurers submission of 26 January 2022