§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment is she will make a statement on the work of the Health and Safety Executive in relation to asbestosis.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe Health and Safety Executive enforces a comprehensive package of legislation designed to protect workers from contracting asbestosis and other asbestos-related diseases. The asbestos regulations and their associated approved codes of practice—ACoP—shave recently been revised to implement three EC directives; they will come into force on 1 January 1993. The changes to the ACoPs introduce technical revisions to improve overall standards for all work with asbestos, especially the treatment and removal of asbestos insulation.