First Registered: 20/12/2017 • Last updated on: 10/03/2021
Falls from height and falling objects from height account for the highest number of preventable fatalities and injuries across all sectors in UK industry. The APPG will seek to understand the root causes and propose effective, sensible measures to reduce this toll and send people safely home from work.
1. Preventing serious injury and fatalities while working at height
01/05/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: Preventing serious injury and fatalities while working at height By Bukky Balogun, Alex Adcock, Gloria Tyler
2. Smart motorways design scheme drawings
01/02/2021 - Highways England
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Found: 13mBoxSafety Fence height 0.95 mSafety Fence height 0.87 mSafety Fence height 0.83 mSafety Fence height 0.64 mSafety
3. Smart motorways design scheme drawings
01/02/2021 - Highways England
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Found: 59mBoxSafety Fence height 0.70 mSafety Fence height 0.72 mSafety Fence height 0.67 mSafety Fence height 0.75 mSafety
4. Consultation for code of safe working practice for merchant seafarers 4th Amendment 2019
22/08/2019 - Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
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Found:
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Introduction
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Anyone working in a location where there is
5. Smart motorways design scheme drawings
01/02/2021 - Highways England
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Found: y Fence height 0.95 mSafety Fence height 0.78 mSafety Fence height 0.76 mSafety Fence height 0.66 mFence
1. Working at Height: Safety
02/05/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: preventing serious injury and fatalities while working at height.It is a pleasure to serve under your - Speech Link
2. Building Safety
20/01/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: inform the House today that I am minded to lower the height threshold for sprinkler requirements in new buildings - Speech Link
2: polyethylene core should not be used on buildings of any height. How many additional buildings does he estimate - Speech Link
3: building with ACM cladding—bar 10—has a plan and is working with my Department to commence or complete remediation - Speech Link
3. Covid Contracts: Judicial Review
24/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: of unparalleled global demand. That often meant working at incredible speed, especially in the early months - Speech Link
2: Secretary said, there was a shortage of PPE and those working on the frontline were not protected?While - Speech Link
3: Cygnus back in 2016, but also from constituents working in the NHS who have reported this directly to me - Speech Link
4. Drones: Consultation Response
07/01/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: want to assure the House that my department is working extremely closely with airports, the Home Office - Speech Link
2: legislative change introducing the exclusion zone and height restrictions and ensuring that there will be registration - Speech Link
3: Commission has proposed a number of measures. We are working very closely with our European partners on implementing - Speech Link
5. Leaseholders and Cladding: Greenwich and Woolwich
16/11/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: that leaseholders in buildings over 18 metres in height, whether those buildings are covered in ACM or - Speech Link
2: recognise that the Government cannot argue that height should not be the sole, or even the main, determinant - Speech Link
3: to cover buildings between 11 and 18 metres in height. The Government should re-open the private sector - Speech Link
Registered Contact:
Alison Thewliss MP, House of Commons , London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6447.
Email: alison.thewliss.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Riccardo Robertson, Connect, Third Floor, Millbank Tower, London SW1P 4QP. Tel: 020 7592 9592
Email: appgworkingatheight@connectpa.co.uk
Secretariat:
Connect acts as the group's secretariat. https://connectpa.co.uk/
Group's Website:
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Working at Height APPG