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Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Jul 2021 Closed: 21 Oct 2022 14 recommendations 13 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry looked at how the Health and Safety Executive manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings. The Committee found out about the current risks posed by asbestos in the workplace, the groups of people who are most affected, and how well the current laws and regulations for the management of asbestos are working. … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixth Report - The Health and Safety Executive’s approach t… HC 560 21 Apr 2022 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
22 Recommendation Sixth Report - The Health and Safety Ex… Accepted in Part

We recommend that HSE considers how it could consolidate, tighten, and simplify the current categorisation...

We recommend that HSE considers how it could consolidate, tighten, and simplify the current categorisation of asbestos works as part of its 2022 statutory review of the Control of Asbestos Regulations. Its review should carefully assess the net behavioural impacts and costs of any changes. Read more

Government response AI summary
HSE will consider how the current categorisation of asbestos works could be developed further with stakeholders, considering simplification of categories set out within the regulations. Any change to the regulations would be subject to a full impact assessment and consultation.
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Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
2 Feb 2022 Chloe Smith MP · Cabinet Office, Professor Andrew Curran · Health and Safety Executive, Sarah Albon · Health and Safety Executive View ↗
15 Dec 2021 Clare Gilham · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Darren Evans · Asbestos Testing and Consulting, Asbestos Removal Contractors Association, Graham O’Mahony · UK Asbestos Training Association, Prof John Cherrie · Heriot Watt University, Prof Julian Peto · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Prof Kevin Bampton · British Occupational Hygiene Society and the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management, Ruth Wilkinson · Institution of Occupational Safety and Health View ↗
17 Nov 2021 Charles Pickles · The Airtight on Asbestos Campaign, Gill Reed · The Joint Union Asbestos Committee, Joanne Gordon · Asbestos Victims Support Groups’ Forum UK, Liz Darlison · Mesothelioma UK, Nicolas Bessot · Ministry of Labour, Employment and Integration, France, Prof. Alex Burdorf · Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Prof. Thomas Kuhlbusch · The Federal Institute for Occupational Hygiene and Health (BAuA), Germany, Tony Hood · Thompsons Solicitors View ↗

Who gave evidence

18 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Charles Pickles · Asbestos campaigner The Airtight on Asbestos Campaign 1
Chloe Smith MP · Minister of State Cabinet Office 1
Clare Gilham · Assistant Professor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1
Darren Evans · Management Committee Member Asbestos Testing and Consulting, Asbestos Removal Contractors Association 1
Gill Reed · Technical Adviser The Joint Union Asbestos Committee 1
Graham O’Mahony · Chair UK Asbestos Training Association 1
Joanne Gordon · Chair Asbestos Victims Support Groups’ Forum UK 1
Liz Darlison · Chief Executive Officer Mesothelioma UK 1
Nicolas Bessot · Head of the Office of Chemical, Physical, Biologi… Ministry of Labour, Employment and Integration, France 1
Prof John Cherrie · Emeritus Professor of Human Health Heriot Watt University 1
Prof Julian Peto · Professor of Epidemiology London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1
Prof Kevin Bampton · Chief Executive Officer British Occupational Hygiene Society and the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management 1
Prof. Alex Burdorf · Head of Department of Public Health Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1
Prof. Thomas Kuhlbusch · Head of Hazardous Substances Management The Federal Institute for Occupational Hygiene and Health (BAuA), Germany 1
Professor Andrew Curran · Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research Health and Safety Executive 1
Ruth Wilkinson · Head of Health and Safety (Policy and Operations) Institution of Occupational Safety and Health 1
Sarah Albon · Chief Executive Health and Safety Executive 1
Tony Hood · National Head of Asbestos Strategy Thompsons Solicitors 1

Correspondence

1 letter
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2 Mar 2022 — Correspondence with the Health and Safety Executive related to their approach t…