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Health and safety in Scotland

Inquiry by the Scottish Affairs Committee, 4 April 2011 to 1 April 2012. Its page on the Parliament website.

Evidence sessions

  • 29 June 2011: David Ashton, Director, Field Operations Directorate, Health and Safety Executive, Paul Stollard, Regional Director, Field Operations Scotland and Northern Ireland, Health and Safety Executive, and David Snowball, Acting Director, Hazard
  • 6 July 2011: Ian Tasker, Assistant Secretary, Scottish Trades Union
  • 26 October 2011: Phil Scott, Chemical Industries Association, and Garry Clark, Scottish Chambers of Commerce
  • 9 November 2011: Nigel Miller, President, and Scott Walker, Chief Executive, National Farmers Union Scotland, Martin Isles, Director, Health & Safety, Mineral Products Association and Robert Paterson, Health and Safety Director, Oil & Gas UK
  • 29 November 2011: Alex Botha, Chief Executive, British Safety Council; Laura Cameron, Partner, McGrigors LLP; and Dr Karen McDonnell, Head of The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Scotland.
  • 5 December 2011: Elena Fry, Brodies Solicitors, the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Patrick McGuire, Thompsons Solicitors & Solicitor Advocate, and Gordon Dalyell, Digby Brown Solicitors, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; Debbie Hutchings, Unite the Union, Harry Frew, Regional Secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, and Jake Malloy, Regional Organiser, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
  • 14 December 2011: Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, and Elaine Taylor, Head of the Health and Safety Division, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
  • 11 January 2012: Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, Director of King’s Centre for Risk Management at King’s College, London, and Chair of the Independent Review of Health and Safety Legislation, Sarah Veale, TUC and member of the Review Advisory Panel, and Adam