In the Queen's Speech today, there were two bills which affect health and safety:
Mesothelioma Bill
This bill is designed to help people who suffer from Mesothelioma as a
result of exposure to asbestos. It establishes a payment scheme for
those people who cannot trace their employer or their employer's
insurance company, where the employer was responsible for the asbestos
exposure. Anyone diagnosed with mesothelioma from 25 July 2012 will be
able to make a claim. The bill will be funded by a levy on insurance
companies, and it will apply to the whole of the UK.
Draft Deregulation Bill
This draft bill lays out how the government intends to reduce the amount
of regulation with which businesses, individuals and public bodies have
to comply. Measures include exempting from health-and-safety
legislation people who are self-employed and whose work poses no risk of
harm to other people.
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