§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make regulations extending the provisions of Regulation 26 of the Construction (Lifting Operations) Regulations in respect of training and employment of crane drivers so that they will be applicable to all premises within the scope of the Factories Act 1961.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThere are many provisions in codes of safety and health regulations applying to particular industries or operations, such as this one, which could usefully be extended to cover a wider field of employment, as the Report of the Committee on Safety and Health at Work chaired by Lord Robens made clear. To attempt to do this by regulation would be a very lengthy process. It is therefore one of the points which will certainly be borne in mind in preparing the legislation which we hope to introduce in the 1973–74 Session.