Work and Pensions - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 July 2004.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Work and Pensions Committee

on Wednesday 17 March 2004

Members present:

Sir Archy Kirkwood, in the Chair

Ms Karen Buck	Mrs Joan Humble
Mr Andrew Dismore	Rob Marris
Mr Paul Goodman	Andrew Selous

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Allan St John Holt, Head of Safety, Royal Mail Group, Mr Richard Jones, Head of Technical Affairs, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Mr Roger Bibbings, Occupational Safety Adviser, Mr John Howard, Chief Executive, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Dr Bill Gunneyon, President, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Dr David Wright, President, Society of Occupational Medicine, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-31

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Peter Chalke, Councillor for Wiltshire County Council, Deputy Chairman of the LGA and Leader of the LGA Conservative Group, Ms Caroline Seymour, Councillor for Hambleton District Council, Deputy Chair and Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group of the LGA's Public Protection Executive, and Mr William Myers, Director of Technical Services, London Borough of Wandsworth, Co-Chair of HELA Health and Safety Executive Local Authorities Enforcement Liaison Committee, examined.

Question Number

32-39

40-59

60-66

Supplementary memorandum submitted by RoSPA

The Work of Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive Inquiry

Memorandum submitted by the Employers Organisation for Local Government (EO)(2)

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Prepared 12 August 2004