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Written Question
Health and Safety Executive
Monday 23rd March 2015

Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 226915, on which dates in the last 12 months the Minister for Welfare Reform met officials of the Health and Safety Executive; and what issues were discussed at each meeting.

Answered by Lord Harper

We do not disclose details of meetings between Ministers and Officials.

Written Question
Health and Safety Executive
Monday 23rd March 2015

Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 226915, on which dates in the last 12 months the Minister for Disabled People met officials of the Health and Safety Executive; and what issues were discussed at each meeting.

Answered by Lord Harper

We do not disclose details of meetings between Ministers and Officials.

Written Question
Health and Safety Executive
Monday 23rd March 2015

Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 226915, which specific issues have been discussed by which Ministers on which dates in the last 12 months.

Answered by Lord Harper

We do not disclose details of meetings between Ministers and Officials.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Amendment of the Law

"I am pleased to speak in my final Budget debate. In his Budget speech, the Chancellor said:

“Future economic success depends on future scientific success”.—[Official Report, 18 March 2015; Vol. 594, c. 776.]

I agree entirely, but this Budget does not do enough to unlock the potential …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Amendment of the Law

"My right hon. Friend may know that I have been banging on about that for years; I will come to it shortly.

There is currently an annual shortfall of about 55,000 skilled workers. The Chancellor’s commitment for financial support for PhD and research masters degrees will certainly help, but to …..."
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Written Question
Health and Safety Executive
Monday 16th March 2015

Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings ministers held with officials from the Health and Safety Executive in the last 12 months.

Answered by Lord Harper

The Minister for Welfare Reform and Minister for Disabled People meet with HSE officials on a regular basis. Other Ministers also meet with HSE officials on specific issues.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What assessment he has made of the performance of the Health and Safety Executive in reducing road traffic accidents at work...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"More than three times as many people die when they drive for a living as they do in any other workplace. It is estimated that 20% of accidents are caused by sleepiness. Is it not time to use the expertise that the HSE has used so well in other workplaces …..."
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Written Question
Driving: Safety
Monday 12th January 2015

Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Logistics Strategy Forum of the Health and Safety Executive has discussed driver fatigue.

Answered by Lord Harper

No. However, the Logistics Strategy Forum’s predecessor, the Road Distribution Action Group, which represented trade associations, trades unions and other stakeholders, expressed concerns about fatigue and sleep disorders among drivers. Their work was taken up by the Department for Transport, which leads on driver health-related issues such as driver hours, medical fitness to drive and rest facilities at the roadside.

Written Question
Students: Plagiarism
Monday 28th April 2014

Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish on the government website an up-to-date impact assessment for universal credit.

Answered by Esther McVey

The Government published a detailed Impact Assessment in December 2012 to accompany the laying of the Universal Credit regulations that came into force in April 2013. There are no current plans to publish an update.