§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what finance was provided by or what participation the Scottish Office had in producing the United Kingdom standards register; and what steps he is taking to promote it.
§ Mr. NichollsI have been asked to reply.
The publication "Standards significant to health and safety at work", launched by the Health and Safety Executive on 22 June 1989, updates a similar publication first produced in 1983. It is a list, published for information, of those standards to which frequent reference is made by HSE in its advisory and enforcement work.
A press release was issued by HSE at the time of publication of the list and the British Standards Institute has co-operated with the publicity.