§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to ban white asbestos. [6352]
§ Angela EagleThe Government is determined to deal effectively with the problems of asbestos. In the Adjournment debate on 18 June columns 280–84, I reported to this House that the Minister for the Environment and I had asked the Health and Safety Commission to advise us urgently on a mechanism for introducing a domestic ban on the import, supply and use of asbestos. We have asked the HSC to advise us on how that could be achieved and to what timetable. We are awaiting their response.