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Policy Connect publishes its Carbon Monoxide Safety Manifesto for the General Election 2017. Produced by the organisation’s Energy Safety Team, and comprising the expertise of five different independent groups, our groups consist of cross-party parliamentarians and cross-sectoral industry experts.


Based on our work, these should be the energy safety priorities for the new Government:

  • Ensure that landlords will be required to install carbon monoxide alarms in all rooms that contain fixed combustion devices in England, Northern Ireland and Wales - The new Government should commit to promoting safety for residents through landlord regulations. Recent research undertaken at Liverpool John Moores University which indicates it is low-income households who are most at risk of CO poisoning.

  • Government must raise awareness of dangers of CO poisoning while on holiday – at festivals, ‘staycations’ or abroad - We advocate that the new Government should should require companies offering or marketing holiday accommodation in other countries to British citizens to undertake specified health and safety measures in relation to carbon monoxide emissions on those properties

  • Smart meters present an opportunity to reinforce CO safety measures - The All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group report Carbon Monoxide: from Awareness to Action emphasised that CO safety messages can be most effectively delivered through using "trusted messengers at the right times" (APPCOG, 2015: 32), such as when an engineer visits the home.

You can read Policy Connect's full manifesto asks here

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