§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the impact of the procedures set out in the Health and Safety Commission publication "Your Rights When Health and Safety Inspectors Take Action" on the safety regime in the deep coal mining industry; and if he will make a statement. [20202]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 8 March,Official Report, column 364.
§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the effect of the publication "Your Rights When Health and Safety Inspectors Take Action"(a) on the issuing of improvement notices and (b) on the issuing of prohibition notices; and if he will make a statement. [20203]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordIt is too early to say what effect, if any, the procedures in the leaflet will have on the issuing of improvement notices. The commission is monitoring how the procedures are working in practice and will report to me. The leaflet has no effect on the procedure for issuing prohibition notices: It spells out practice that has always been followed.