§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list(a) the names, titles and grades of the officials who sit on the EU Technical Adaptation Committee on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, (b) the number of times, and the dates, on which it has met since January 2002, (c) the agenda items it has considered since January 2002, (d) the decisions it has made since January 2002 and (e) the means used to communicate the decisions to the House. [10303]
§ Malcolm WicksI have been asked to reply.
European Council Directive 89/391/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, makes provisions for committees to work on
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Allications (£s Million) Region Objective 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 GO North West 1 108 117 113 116 118 2 100 103 83 80 77 GO South West 1 — — 42 43 44 2 8 9 18 23 17 5b1 28 29 — — — GO Yorkshire and Humberside 1 — — 100 102 104 2 85 87 49 48 48 GO East Midlands 2 23 24 36 35 35 5b1 9 9 — — — GO West Midlands 2 102 106 84 82 80 5b1 5 5 — — — GO East of England 2 — — 15 15 15 5b1 8 8 — — — GO North East 2 82 85 64 65 65 GO London 2 23 24 23 23 23 GO South East 2 4 4 4 4 4 Northern Uplands 5b1 14 14 — — — Highlands and Islands 1 41 44 — — — 1(Trans) — — 54 46 38 Eastern Scotland 2 31 32 29 27 25 Western Scotland 2 71 73 52 49 47 South Scotland 2 — — 6 7 7 Borders of Scotland 5b1 4 4 — — — Dumfries and Galloway 5b1 6 6 — — — Central Scotland/Tayside 5b1 3 3 — — — Grampian 5b1 5 5 — — — Northern Ireland 1 163 176 — — — 1(Trans) — — 156 132 108 West Wales and the Valleys 1 — — 157 161 164 East Wales 2 — — 14 13 12 Industrial South Wales 2 49 51 — — — Rural Wales 5b1 24 24 — — — Gibraltar 2 1 1 1 1 1 GB 3 315 517 See below See below See below the purely technical adjustments to the individual Directives provided for in Article 16 (1) to take account of: the adoption of Directives in the field of technical harmonization and standardization; and/or technical progress, changes in international regulations or specifications, and new findings …The UK representatives at such meetings would be drawn from staff with relevant technical and policy responsibilities within the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Since January 2002 HSE have received no invitations to such technical meetings; nor are HSE aware of any currently scheduled.