| Heading: |
Employment: Sexual Offences |
| Question ID: |
1811891 |
| UIN: |
HL8371 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5023 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes
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| Asking Member handle: |
CarmenRiaSmith
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CarmenRiaSmith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what procedures the Health and Safety Executive has established to identify addressing workplace sexual harassment as part of employers' duties under sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-24 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) sections 2 and 3 could apply to harassment offences in the workplace, but the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not apply HSWA where:there is a more appropriate regulator with specific responsibility;... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |