All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health (APPGOSFH) provides 'a forum for the discussion and promotion of issues relating to occupational health and safety; to provide information to members of both houses of parliament on topical issues; to publish reports as and when necessary.'[1]
Contents
People
Officers, September 2015 - February 2016
- Chair: Ian Lavery - Labour
- President: Lord David Hunt of Wirral - Conservative Party
- Vice-Chair: Lord Bill McKenzie of Luton - Labour
- Hon Secretary: Jo Stevens - Labour [2] [3]
Officers, March 2015
- Chair: Jim Sheridan - Labour
- Secretary: Ian Lavery - Labour
- President: Lord David Hunt of Wirral - Conservative Party
Members, March 2015
- Conservative Party - Brian Binley | Michael Ellis | Jonathan Lord | Viscount Robin Bridgeman | Lord Michael Brougham and Vaux
- Labour - Ian Davidson | Russel Brown | John Cryer | Lisa Nandy | Lord Bill McKenzie of Luton | Gemma Doyle | Katy Clarke | Sir Alan Meale
- Liberal Democrats - John Leech | Annette Brooke | John Hemming | Lorely Burt [4]
Secretariat
The Trade Union Congress or TUC acts as the group's secretariat, helping to fund events and performing day to day administrative tasks.
Registered benefits
As of February 2016, the TUC had paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 in registered benefits to the APPGOSFH. [5][6]
TUC calls for eradication of asbestos
Following up to a report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health calling for the safe removal of asbestos in all of Britain, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said this:
- 'The effects of exposure to asbestos at work continue to cause thousands of deaths every year. Yet asbestos is still with us in around half a million workplaces and public buildings across the UK. As a result, more than 15 years after the use of asbestos was banned, hundreds of thousands of workers are still put at risk of exposure every day.The proposal from the all-party group for the safe removal and disposal of asbestos from all workplaces and public buildings is the only way of ensuring that future generations do not have to live with the continuing legacy that asbestos will leave unless action is taken now.' [7]
Contact
Hugh Robertson, representative of the TUC is listed as the public enquiry point.
Address: TUC, Congress House, London WC1B 3LS Telephone: 020 7467 1276 Email: hrobertson@tuc.org.uk
Website
The APPG currently has no website.
Notes
- ↑ Register of 29 September 2015, www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 October 2015
- ↑ Register of 29 September 2015,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 October 2015
- ↑ Occupational Safety and Health APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 February 2016
- ↑ Register of 30 March 2015,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 October 2015
- ↑ Register of 29 September 2015,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 October 2015
- ↑ Occupational Safety and Health APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 February 2016
- ↑ TUC supports asbestos eradicationtuc.org.uk, 16 October 2015, accessed 16 October 2015
