Workplace Accidents

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 29 Ionawr 1991.

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Photo of Mr Peter Pike Mr Peter Pike , Burnley 12:00, 29 Ionawr 1991

Does the Minister accept that the Government are guilty of gross negligence in regard to safety at work? If he studies the article in The Guardian of 24 November which deals with the tragic death of George Kenyon at Holt Plastics in Haslingden, he will learn that, in 1988–89, there were 697 deaths at work and nearly 200,000 serious injuries. Since 1981, there has been a massive increase in the number of accidents and a reduction of over 900 in the number of inspectors. Is not it time that the Government did something to reduce that appalling figure?