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

Select Committee
Work and Pensions Committee HC 560 21 April 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 27 items (14 recs)
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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

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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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