CRANE SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

Early day motion 710, tabled 22 January 2007 by Martin Linton (Labour). Signed by 65 members.

That this House welcomes the campaign launched by Building magazine to improve safety standards for cranes following recent crane collapses in Battersea, Liverpool and central London; recognises that there is an increased risk both to construction workers and to the public from the use of tower cranes on brownfield sites in residential areas; and supports the calls from Building magazine for a publicly-available register of checks to cranes and construction equipment and from the Battersea Crane Disaster Action Group for a review of crane safety legislation.

Signatures by party: Labour 44, Liberal Democrat 9, Conservative 6, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1.