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Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes

Select Committee
Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to e-petition 575967

Correspondence Jun. 30 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to e-petition

Closed Petition closed 29th September 2021

Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all bodies of open water - Final Signatures: 103,527

Mark Allen, aged 18, drowned after jumping into a freezing reservoir on a hot day in June 2018.

In May 2019 we watched whilst 3 throwlines were installed where he died.

Mark could have possibly been saved if they were in place beforehand.

Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 24th January 2022

The Government responsed to this petition on 1st July 2021 (View Full Response)
This tragic loss of life highlights the importance of landowner's responsibility to assess and act on the risks posed by open bodies of water on their land.
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Found: We, Mark’s family and friends, feel that the Government should require by law that throwlines are placed