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Tonia Antoniazzi Excerpts

Tuesday 25th May 2021 Commons Chamber

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

I am happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and his constituents and to work with officials to make progress.

[Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) (Lab)]

What recent steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to improve the enforcement of workplace health and safety laws.

[The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng)]

Workplace health and safety is of critical importance, and I am in regular discussion with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on this and other issues.

[Tonia Antoniazzi]

If the Government are so committed to keeping workers safe throughout the pandemic, can the Secretary of State explain why they have not been able to protect workers at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea by putting in measures to keep them safe from covid-19?

[Kwasi Kwarteng]

The hon. Member will appreciate that public health and guidance for safer working in Wales is a devolved matter, so she should certainly bring this up with her colleagues in the Welsh Government. Public Health Wales and the local authority, supported by the Health and Safety Executive, are working with the DVLA to ensure that there is appropriate protection.