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Oral answer to question provided on Monday, 20 May 2013 in the House of Commons, by Mark Hoban (Conservative), Department for Work and Pensions.


Offshore Safety Inspections (North Sea)

Answer

I meet the chairman and chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive regularly to discuss health and safety matters, including those relating to the offshore sector, as appropriate. The departmental Select Committee and the Maitland review, which was commissioned after the Deepwater Horizon episode, both concluded that we had a strong offshore regulatory system.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Monday, 20 May 2013 by Tom Greatrex (Labour).

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the arrangements for offshore safety inspections in the North Sea.

Secondary information

Type
Oral answer to question
Reference
563 c886 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Inspections Offshore industry Safety North Sea
Link
View this Oral answer to question on www.publications.parliament.uk