§ Lord Clement-Jonesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Hollis of Heigham on 29 January (WA 57) on the Inveresk study, how they reconcile this answer with her letter to the Baroness Whitaker of 27 February which states that "trials of the kind carried out at Inveresk Laboratory are regulated under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Control of Susbtances Hazardous to Health Regulations." [HL2387]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)There is no conflict between the two. The Inveresk study fell within the scope of the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. My previous Answer made the separate point that there is no requirement that such studies be approved by HSE.