A question on #Employment #SexualHarassment tabled by Rebecca Long Bailey on 27-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Employment: Sexual Harassment
Question ID: 1817304
UIN: 63309
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-27
Asking Member ID: 4396
Asking Member display name: Rebecca Long Bailey
Asking Member handle: rlong_bailey
Asking Member Twitter reference: @rlong_bailey
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to help tackle incidents of workplace sexual harassment; and what procedures it follows to identify workplace sexual harassment during workplace insp
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Date answered: 2025-07-07
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Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: Whilst the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 could apply to harassment offences in the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) long standing position is that it does not seek to regulate or apply health and safety at work legislation where...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true