HC Deb 09 June 1981 vol 6 c93W
Mr. Colvin

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his Department's estimate of the cost, in terms of cash and manpower, of implementing the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Mr. Waddington

No reliable estimates are available of the costs of implementing the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 in the sense of any additional costs compared with those of continuing to implement the wide range of health and safety at work legislation in existence when the Act came into force.