§ Dr. Vaughanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a further statement on the appointment of an advisory committee on falsework.
§ Mr. Maurice MacmillanAfter consultations with the TUC and the CBI, the British Standards Institution, the Institution of Structural Engineers and the
418Wthe date of the issue or anticipated issue of the report.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following committees or commissions have reported since January 1971 or are still serving:
Institution of Civil Engineers, my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and I, with the agreement of the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, have appointed an Advisory Committee on Falsework with the following terms of reference:
To consider and advise on the technical, safety and other aspects of the design, manufacture, erection and maintenance of temporary load bearing falsework used to support formwork or permanent structures, particularly bridges, during construction; and, in particular, to
- (a) identify any inadequacies in present knowledge, standards and practices, recommend such steps as may be needed, and indicate an order of priority;
- (b) draw up interim technical criteria, for use in advance of the publication of a British Standard Code of Practice, together with such procedural guidance as the Committee may consider appropriate;
419 - (c) recommend what research and development should be carried out in the short and long term; and
- (d) advise as to the training, organisational and manpower implications of the Committee's recommendations."
The Chairman of the advisory committee is Mr. Stephen Lawrence Bragg, Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University. The six members of the committee are Mr. P. Ahm, Mr. F. M. Bowen, Mr. S. Champion, Mr. L. C. Kemp, Mr. C. S. Mott and Mr. C. J. Wilshere.