WORK-RELATED DEATHS

Early day motion 632, tabled 18 January 2010 by Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour). Signed by 59 members.

That this House welcomes statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which indicate that the number of work-related deaths fell to a record low in 2008-09; expresses its concern, however, that the figures used by the HSE do not reflect the true number of people killed by work-related activity as they do not include all those killed by work-related incidents which are not reported to the HSE but to other authorities, and does not include the many thousands who die from illness caused by poor working conditions; estimates that in 2008-09 as many as 1,500 people may have died from work-related incidents and a further 50,000 from work-related illness; believes it is vital for an informed debate that the public are made aware of the accurate number of deaths at work; and calls on the Government to publish annually the total number of work-related deaths and not just those covered by the HSE.

Signatures by party: Labour 42, DUP 4, Independent 4, Liberal Democrat 3, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.