§ Mr. Percivalasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a list of the various organisations which were consulted before the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work etc., Act, 1974, and before the introduction of the Employers' Health and Safety Policy Statements (Exception) Regulations in 1975.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe organisations which were consulted before the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Bill are listed below. However, it was desired to reach as wide a public as possible and over 22,000 copies of the consultative document were distributed to those who asked for them. A full list is not available.
- Agricultural Engineers Association.
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers. Association of British Launderers and Cleaners
- Ltd. Association of Independent Cinemas (AIC Ltd.).
- Association of Mining, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
191 - Association of Officers of the Ministry of Labour.
- Associated Offices Technical Committee.
- Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions.
- British Air Line Pilots Association.
- British Airways Board.
- British Association of Grain, Seed, Feed and Agricultural Merchants Limited.
- British Bronze and Brass Ingot Manufacturers Association.
- British Council of Maintenance Associations.
- British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association Ltd
- British Furniture Manufacturers Federated Associations
- British Gas Corporation
- British Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers Association
- British Institute of Management
- British Insurance Association British Mechanical Engineering Confederation Ltd
- British Medical Association
- British Metal Castings Council
- British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation
- British Petroleum Research Centre
- British Quarrying and Slag Federation
- British Railways Board
- British Safety Council British Shipping Federation
- British Standards Institution
- British Steel Corporation
- British Transport Docks Board
- British Trawlers' Federation Limited
- British Water and Effluent Treatment Plant Association
- Business Equipment Trade Association
- Central Office of Industrial Tribunals
- Chemical and Allied Products Industry Training Board
- Chemical Industries Association Limited
- Cinematograph Exhibitors Association of Great Britain and Ireland
- Civil Service Department
- Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom
- Confederation of British Industry
- Concrete Society
- Contract Cleaning and Maintenance Association
- Council of Engineering Institutions
- Council of Independent Inspecting Authorities
- County Councils Association
- Dairy Trade Federation
- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland
- Department of Education and Science
- Department of Employment
- Department of the Environment
- Department of Health and Social Security
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Dock and Harbour Authorities Association
- Educational Institute of Scotland
- Electrical Contractors' Association
- Electricity Council
- Engineer Surveyors' Association
- Engineering Employers' Federation
- Ergonomics Research Society Federation of Associations of Specialists and Sub-Contractors
- Federation of Bakers
- Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors
- Federation of Wholesale and Multiple Bakers
- Fire Brigades Union
192 - Food Manufacturers' Federation Incorporated
- Forestry Commission
- Health Education Council
- Home Office
- Hospitals Physicists' Association
- Industrial Law Society
- Industrial Society
- Inner London Education Authority
- Institute of Marine Engineers
- Institute of Petroleum
- Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Institution of Fire Engineers
- Institution of Gas Engineers
- Institution of Industrial Safety Officers
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Mining Engineers
- Institution of Municipal Engineers
- Institution of Professional Civil Servants
- Institution of Production Engineers
- Institution of Works Managers
- Joint Committee on Building Legislation
- Law Commission
- Law Society
- Light Metal Founders' Association
- Lloyd's
- London Transport
- Lord Advocate's Department
- Lord Chancellor's Office
- Machine Tool Trades Association
- Mastic Asphalt Council and Employers Federation Ltd.
- Medical Commission on Accident Prevention
- Medical Research Council
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Ministry of Defence
- Multiple Shops Federation
- National Association of Master Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers
- National Association of Mental Health
- National Association of Port Employers
- National Association of Schoolmasters
- National Coal Board National Dock Labour Board
- National Farmers' Union
- National Federation of Builders and Plumbers Merchants
- National Federation of Building Trade Employers
- National Federation of Demolition Contractors
- National Federation of Builders and Plumbers Associations
- National Federation of Professional Workers
- National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers
- National Union of Mineworkers
- National Union of Seamen
- National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers
- National Union of Teachers
- Northern Ireland Office
- Oil and Chemical Plant Constructors' Association
- Process Plant Association
- Retail Distributors Association Incorporated
- Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Royal Institute of Chemistry
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- Sand and Gravel Association Limited
- Science Research Council
- Scottish Education Department
193 - Scottish Development Department
- Scottish Home and Health Department
- Scottish Institute of Environmental Health
- Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
- Scottish Trawlers' Federation
- Soap, Candle and Edible Fat Trades Employers' Federation
- Social Science Research Council
- Society of Community Medicine
- Society of Occupational Medicine
- Society for Radiological Protection
- St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade
- Trades Union Congress
- Transport and General Workers Union
- Treasury
- United Kingdom Association of Professional
- Engineers United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- Welsh Office
- Zinc Alloy Die Casters Association.
I am informed by the Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission that their consultations before the introduction of the Employers' Health and Safety Policy Statements (Exceptions) Regulations 1975 were very wide. It is impossible to provide an exhaustive list because although there was direct consultation with Government
Redundancies recorded as due to occur between 1st January 1975 and 31st December 1975 Redundancies recorded as due to occur between 1st January 1976 and 29th February 1976 Woollen and Worsted Industry … 6,010 660* Clothing Industry … 8,770 2,400* * These figures are provisional