AFTER their daughter died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Gordon and Avril Samuel are calling on the government to back their life-saving campaign.

In 2010, 31-year-old Katie Haines drowned in her bath after being overcome by carbon monoxide from a faulty boiler.

Since then an organisation set up in her honour, the Katie Haines Memorial Trust, has been calling on MPs across the country to make it a legal requirement to have a carbon monoxide alarm in every home in England and Wales.

This month Mr and Mrs Samuel co-hosted an event in parliament to show the government just how deadly the poisonous gas can be.

The MPs were shown a new hard hitting film which graphically reveals that CO is a little known threat which can kill in minutes.

Mrs Samuel said she felt is was an extremely worthwhile event as many of the MPs had little knowledge of carbon monoxide.

It is produced by the incomplete combustion of any carbon burning fuel, which means that gas, oil, coal and wood appliances are all potential killers.

Mrs Samuel, a trustee of the charity bearing her daughter’s name, said: “Katie’s death spurred us to try and make a difference.

“We believe it is vital for the law to change so as to protect others from suffering the same fate as Katie.

“We feel it is the most important thing we have done in her memory.”

Mr Samuel, the chairman of the trust, said members would never stop their fight to raise awareness of carbon monoxide.

“Katie was a journalist and if this had happened to any of us she would have moved heaven and earth to raise awareness,” he said.

“We won’t rest until everyone in the UK understands the dangers of CO, and takes steps to ensure they don’t fall victim to it.

“This is why we are calling on the government – and all political parties – to wake up, take notice and change the law as soon as possible.”

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said that approximately 40 people die every year from accidental CO poisoning, while 4,000 people are treated at emergency departments with CO symptoms, which can lead to brain damage and strokes, each year.

The Make CO Alarms Law campaign is also led by Plumb Center and Honeywell.