Construction Fatalities

EDM number 1117 in 2015-16, proposed by Stephen Hepburn on 22/02/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Administration of justice, Construction industry, Death and Industrial health and safety.

That this House is alarmed that the length of time between a construction fatal accident occurring and a prosecution beginning is increasing, as in 2014-15 the average time between a construction fatal accident and a prosecution starting was 879 days; believes these delays are intolerable and for the families involved justice delayed must feel like justice denied; views with extreme concern that although the number of fatalities in construction has declined the percentage of prosecutions following a construction death being undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fallen considerably and in 2010-11 the HSE managed to mount a prosecution in just 31 per cent of fatal accidents, and subsequent years reveal similarly low rates of prosecutions; and resolves to ensure that companies guilty in causing the death of a worker do not avoid justice and that delays in prosecuting companies are dramatically reduced.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.