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Sixth Report - The Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management

Work and Pensions Committee HC 560 Published 21 April 2022

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

27 items (14 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 27 of 27 classified

Accepted 6

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 15

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 1

Rejected 3

Government response

The Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2021–22 · published 21 Jul 2022

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

1 Conclusion Deferred

Para 14

Asbestos-related illness is one of the great workplace tragedies of modern times.

Conclusion

Asbestos-related illness is one of the great workplace tragedies of modern times. Extensive use of asbestos in the twentieth century accounts for many thousands of deaths. The extreme exposures of the mid- to late twentieth century may be behind us, … Read more

Government Response Summary

HSE's Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) Post Implementation Review (PIR) will be published later this year and HSE is developing its plan of work to take forward areas from the PIR and will consider using recommendations from the inquiry to inform this work.

Department for Work and Pensions

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