Health & Safety Executive questioned on impacts of the coronavirus pandemic

This Work and Pensions Committee session focuses on the HSEs role in enforcing safe working practices and giving guidance to employers, as well as issues around the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

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UK Parliament

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/news-parliament-2017/-se-and-public-health-england-evidence-19-21-/

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Monday, May 11, 2020

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Occupational safety and health, Articles, Environmental social science, Industrial hygiene, Safety engineering, Working conditions, Work, Human activities, Personal protective equipment

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This Work and Pensions Committee session focuses on the HSEs role in enforcing safe working practices and giving guidance to employers, as well as issues around the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Professor Andrew Curran, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research, HSE
The Committee last took evidence from the HSE in March .
Last month, the Committee received a letter from the HSE in response to follow-up questions on how it was protecting workers during the coronavirus pandemic and its role in enforcing government guidance on social distancing.