Silica: Health Hazards
Commons · Question 5628 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Ayoub Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Health and Safety Executive’s enforcement powers in relation to employers exposing workers to respirable crystalline silica dust during the cutting of
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 10 Jun 2026
Great Britain has a robust and well-established regulatory framework to protect workers from health risks arising from exposure to hazardous substances, including respirable crystalline silica under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation...