§ Viscount Simonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether managers and staff of restaurants and public houses where people are able to smoke are required to be trained in treating asthma attacks, given that the passive inhalation of tobacco smoke is a trigger for those with asthma. [HL2320]
§ Baroness Hollis of HeighamThe Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to assess their first aid needs appropriate to the circumstances in their workplace. The aim of first aid at work is to reduce the effects of injury or illness suffered at work. The regulations do not require first aid provision for members of the public but the Health and Safety Executive recommends that they are included in the assessment of first aid needs and that provision is made for them.