Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the recommendations of the Workplace Health Expert Committee report on the risks of bakery work published in March 2017.

Whilst I have regular meetings with senior officials from HSE, there have been no specific discussions about the findings in the Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC) report: Risks of bakery work: the adverse effects of working in high temperatures and of occupational asthma.

HSE receives an annual report from WHEC which includes any reports the committee has published. HSE, via its Chief Scientific Adviser, is due to provide a formal response to the next report in Spring 2018.