Tragic Harrison inspires safety website

The parents of a three-year-old Lichfield boy who died when he was strangled by a window blind cord have spoken of their determination to rid every home in the UK of such potential death traps.

Harrison Joyce's father Scott said their Harrison's Law campaign aimed to "cut the cord" and get people to instal blinds with twisted stick devices or curtains in their homes to prevent any more tragedies.

His son died at the family home on February 4 and five days later 16-month-old Lillian Bagnall-Lambe died in a similar fashion at her family home in Dartmouth Street, Stafford.

Mr Joyce and his wife Rachel have set up the website www.harrisonslaw.co.uk to raise awareness and push for action to get corded blinds banned from being manufactured.

Mr Joyce, who manages several businesses, said they were working in memory of their "golden angel boy who we miss so much."

"We won't stop until every single home in the UK has cut the cord," he added.

The couple also have a petition on the No 10 Downing Street website in support of the ban.Mr Joyce said they believed that anything that carried a warning that it was not safe for children should not be sold and the blinds they bought had had no warning at all.

He said that they had taken every possible measure to make their home safe for their children including key code locks on an indoor pool, fencing around an outdoor pool and stair gate locks."What we did not know was that blind cords can kill children.

"There should have been a massive campaign by the Government to highlight the danger when the second child died," he added.