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What I want to talk about

An independent review into health and safety legislation for the Department for Work and Pensions Professor Ragnar Lofstedt. What I want to talk about. Firstly, a bit about me and the panel. Secondly, a quick overview of what I have been asked to consider and some particular interests.

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What I want to talk about

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  1. An independent review into health and safety legislation for the Department for Work and Pensions Professor Ragnar Lofstedt

  2. What I want to talk about • Firstly, a bit about me and the panel. • Secondly, a quick overview of what I have been asked to consider and some particular interests. • Finally, how I intend to do it ... ... hopefully, with your help.

  3. A bit about me… • Current Position: • Professor of Risk Management at King’s College London • Director of King’s Centre of Risk Management. • Experience and Research: • Author/editor of ten books and over 90 peer reviewed articles; • Editor-in-chief for Journal of Risk Research, and Editor of the Earthscan publications' Risk, Society and Policy book series; • Editorial boards of Journal of Health Communication, Risk Analysis, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, and Risk Management. • Research on risk communication and management in range of areas.

  4. …and the panel • John Armitt CBE • Andrew Bridgen MP • Andrew Miller MP • Sarah Veale • Dr Adam Marshall

  5. What do I need to do?... • Proposals for simplifying health and safety legislation - without affecting health and safety outcomes. • Focus on the 200 statutory instruments and associated Approved Codes of Practice. • To be informed by evidence and examples of: Costs to business versus benefit to health and safety Inappropriate outcomes, litigation of compensation. Approaches in other countries Gold-plating

  6. …and how will I get there? • March – review announced by Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP • April/May – Terms of Reference published on DWP website, and • first meeting with advisory panel. • May 20th – Call for Evidence issued • May/June/July – Meeting with key stakeholders to hear views and gather evidence • July 29th – deadline for written evidence • Autumn/September – review evidence; further meetings as necessary; develop recommendations • October – report to Minister

  7. So over to you… • Any regulations that have significantly improved health and safety? • Any that could be simplified, merged, or abolished without any negative effect? • Any that have created significant additional burdens on business with limited benefit to health and safety outcomes? • Any that have led to unreasonable outcomes, or inappropriate litigation and compensation? • To what extent the concept of ‘reasonably practicable’ helps? • Any evidence that the requirements of EU Directives have or have not been unnecessarily enhanced (‘gold-plated’) when incorporated in the UK? • Any lessons that can be learned from the way other EU countries have approached the regulation of health and safety? • Does health and safety law suitably place responsibility in an appropriate way on those that create risk? If not what changes would be required?

  8. Please get in touch… • Review.healthandsafety@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

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