A question on #SmallBusinesses #HealthAndSafety tabled by Rupert Lowe on 09-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Small Businesses: Health and Safety
Question ID: 1810883
UIN: 58405
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-09
Asking Member ID: 5158
Asking Member display name: Rupert Lowe
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rupert Lowe
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to simplify workplace health and safety requirements for small businesses while maintaining essential protections for workers.
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Date answered: 2025-06-16
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Is correcting answer: false
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: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) began a three-year project in 2024 to review its web guidance portfolio and improve accessibility, quality of content, ease of search and navigation, and declutter outdated materials. Improvements achieved after year-...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true