§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have been (a) granted and (b) refused licences to strip asbestos since 1 August.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyFifty licences without conditions and 1,366 licences with conditions attached have been issued to individual licence holders. One licence application was refused, but the company has since re-applied and now holds a six-month conditional licence.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many extra health and safety inspectors have been recruited specifically to deal with asbestos licensing since 1 August.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Central (Mr. Cabora) on 29 October, at columns779–80.