Fees And Charges Of The Health And Safety Executive

EDM number 2262 in 2010-12, proposed by Robert Halfon on 17/10/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Industrial health and safety.

That this House opposes the idea of charging small firms for health and safety inspections, as proposed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE); notes that there is a risk this could be seen as a way to raise revenue rather than improve compliance, as the Federation of Small Businesses has argued; further notes that the HSE's own calculations say that the cost to a small business could be at least 750 for each inspection that results in a letter; further notes that if implemented this could hit jobs and growth; and calls on the Government to resist red tape from the HSE and to do everything possible to help small British firms to prosper.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.