Health and Safety at Work

Questions for short debate on Monday, 4 April 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord McKenzie of Luton. The answering member was Lord Freud.

Lords question for short debate on how their proposed changes to the health and safety system will encourage safer and healthier work places.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

726 c229-42GC

Session

2010-12

Department

Chamber / Committee

Health and Safety
Monday, 21 March 2011
Written statements
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Turner of Camden | 726 c235-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased that my noble friend has introduced a debate on this subject and I thank him ...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 726 c229GC (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty’s Government how their proposed changes to the health and safety system will enco...

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Lord McKenzie of Luton | 726 c241GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to intervene again and the Minister may wish to write to me, but perhaps I may clarify tw...

Lord Freud | 726 c241GC (Link to this contribution) I am happy to confirm both those points. The first, concerning health, is clearly part of the statis...

Lord Freud | 726 c241GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise. That was an inadvertent miss-out. Clearly where there is a more responsive, not so proa...

Lord Berkeley | 726 c236-7GC (Link to this contribution) If I may contribute briefly before the Minister sums up, I would just like to make two points. I hav...

Lord German | 726 c232-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, for this debate today, because it gives us an excel...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 726 c229-32GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to have at least a short debate on issues of health and ...

Baroness Turner of Camden | 726 c241GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has not mentioned trade unions once and yet this is a major part of all unions’ work....

Lord Freud | 726 c240GC (Link to this contribution) That is currently being looked at within the Office of Rail Regulation. It was separated—I forget ex...

Lord Berkeley | 726 c240GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has just mentioned quarries and transport, but where do railways come into this? I as...

Lord Freud | 726 c237-40GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful, as always, to the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, for the opportunity to update ...

Lord Freud | 726 c242GC (Link to this contribution) I should be happy to write a full letter on that point. In conclusion, I am confident that our healt...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 726 c241GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps we should pursue this matter outside the Committee, as I do not think that it does...

Baroness Fookes | 726 c242GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Committee stands adjourned until 4.30 pm. Sitting suspended.

Subjects

Business

Consultants

Finance

Inspections

Enforcement

Health and safety

Registration

Small businesses

Regulation

Risk assessment

Occupational health

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