With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendment 22.
Amendment 63, page 43, line 1, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.
Amendment 64, page 43, line 4, after ‘specified period’, insert ‘, or’.
Amendment 65, page 43, line 6, after ‘specified period’, insert ‘, or’.
Amendment 66, page 43, line 10, leave out line 10 and insert ‘If the provision is made by virtue of subsection (2)(a), it includes’.
Amendment 67, page 43, line 19, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must if necessary’.
New clause 26—Review of legislation relating to health and safety at work and application of sunset and review provisions to this legislation—
‘(1) The Secretary of State must—
(a) carry out a review of the effectiveness of all existing legislation relating to health and safety at work, and
(b) prepare and publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
(2) The review and report must quantify, in particular—
(a) the effectiveness of the legislation in terms of reducing deaths, injuries and sickness in the workplace,
(b) the human cost, and full societal costs of work-related injuries, deaths and ill-health in terms of pain and suffering, injuries, sickness and years of life lost, and
(c) the full societal costs of the impact of the legislation including those costs resulting from welfare and healthcare spending, and resulting from the number of days lost in the workplace due to ill-health.
(3) Subordinate legislation under section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978 in respect of any provision relating to health and safety at work may not be made until after the report has been published.’.