Health And Safety Executive Job Cuts

EDM number 1320 in 2006-07, proposed by John McDonnell on 20/04/2007.

That this House condemns the lack of resources being made available for maintaining the health and safety of UK workers; notes with concern that the number of staff in the Health and Safety Executive had fallen from 4,282 in April 2004 to 3,225 by March 2007, and that over the last financial year there has been no improvement in the number of fatal accidents and major injuries, with the construction sector having suffered a 14 per cent. increase in the number of work-related deaths; believes further job cuts and office closures, such as the one recently announced in Stoneleigh, will have a harmful impact on workplace safety as enforcement of regulations and the provision of advice to employers will be reduced; and therefore calls upon the Government to recognise that to maintain current safety levels, let alone achieve reductions in the number of workplace deaths and injuries, it is essential that further funding be made available to the Health and Safety Executive.

This motion has been signed by a total of 95 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.