Clause 43 - Powers of fire-fighters etc in an emergency etc
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Nick Raynsford (Minister of State (Local and Regional Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Greenwich and Woolwich, Labour)
I hope that it will help the hon. Gentleman towards what seems to be his destination of withdrawing the amendment if I say that we shall certainly take on board his suggestion that we should consider how the new powers can best be publicised. We shall issue guidance to fire and rescue authorities on their new powers once the Bill has received Royal Assent and we shall consider how we can make the public more widely aware that, in the circumstances that the hon. Gentleman has highlighted, firefighters will be able to issue instructions that would involve a breach of the law if they are not complied with.