HC Deb 17 January 1989 vol 145 cc177-8W
44. Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what action he intends to take in response to the recent report published by the Health and Safety Executive's accident prevention advisory unit.

Mr. Cope

The Health and Safety Commission has recently published two booklets aimed at improving safety management in the construction industry and in future HSE inspectors will be paying special attention to the quality of site managment and its ability to manage health and safety.

New regulations are also being prepared which provide for the management and co-ordination of health arid safety on multi-contractor sites, increase the number of safety supervisors in smaller companies and amend the site notification procedure to identify sites where there are high-risk activities. It is intended to introduce soon regulations which would make the wearing of safety helmets compulsory on construction sites.