What’s wrong with article 153 of the treaty of Rome? It is aimed at creating a level playing field across the union. Without it individual countries could opt out of H&S as too onerous (not that our government would do that!) and so gain an unfair competitive advantage in the EU open market. What we need is better engagement in the way the EU drafts it’s directives.

Clause 1 of the Deregulation Bill currently going through the House of Lords springs to mind. See here: http://www.iosh.co.uk/Ne...ulation-Bill-clause.aspx