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answer › answer text	%3Cp%3EThe Government welcomes the efforts by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health %28IOSH%29 to raise awareness of the health risks arising from workplace exposure to asbestos. The announcement by IOSH highlights the need for employers and employees to remain vigilant when undertaking work which may disturb asbestos. The Health and Safety Executive and Local Authority inspectors will continue to take action in cases of non-compliance with the law%2C as indicated in the IOSH announcement.%3C%2Fp%3E
min date	2019-03-12
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
registered interest	false
max answer › question first answered	2019-04-15T14:47:10.017Z

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Asbestos: Industrial Diseases

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To ask Her Majesty's Government what response they are making to the announcement by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health that diseases as a result of exposure to asbestos are killing 5,000 people a year and that more than 130 companies or individuals have been ordered to stop work activities over the past year after being found to be non-compliant.

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Lord Alton of Liverpool

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<p>The Government welcomes the efforts by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to raise awareness of the health risks arising from workplace exposure to asbestos. The announcement by IOSH highlights the need for employers and employees to remain vigilant when undertaking work which may disturb asbestos. The Health and Safety Executive and Local Authority inspectors will continue to take action in cases of non-compliance with the law, as indicated in the IOSH announcement.</p>

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Baroness Buscombe

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04/04/2019 16:17:38

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