Posted By DJ
Had anybody noticed that the proposed corporate killing bill has been dropped. Apparently, there is now insufficient parliamentary time to bring the bill forward before 2007. As this will be just before the next General Election, the chances of the bill succeeding are slim to non-existent.

Regards.

DJ

Posted By Frank Hallett
No surpise at all DJ.

Adrian; the only sense that has been displayed is an extremely canny awareness of how the Government sees their current principal electorate! Definitely not the traditional source of a Labour Party voting stronghold - something else that used to be Tory but is now Labour!

The arguements for the timing [or lack of it] have nothing to do with the rights or wrongs of the proposed Bill, nor any individual perception of its need; it's still all about political need.

I personally think that it's necessary to considerably strengthen HSWA S37 so that the real Directing Minds really are at realistic threat of being made to publicly defend and justify their instruction, direction and management of organisations when people are harmed as a result of that.

Frank Hallett

Posted By Raymond Rapp
I too am not so disappointed. It was nothing more than a 'red herring'. If the Bill was set out as originally intended (White paper 2000), loosley based on the Road Traffic Act, it may have had some teeth. It really shows how pathetic this government is and its committment to health and safety.

Perhaps it is about time the HSC stood up and argued for a practicable Coroprate Killing policy?

Ray

Posted By ian mcnally
Just a thought, but haven’t some directors been locked up for committing fraud…….not sure if they share the same cells as murderers though.

When it comes to death in the workplace it seems there are some that feel there is no need to put in place a fresh piece of legislation to tackle it. Isn’t worth the allocation of sufficient parliamentary time!