It won’t of course. Sweeping away regulation takes legislation and it would come a very long way down the priority list even if anyone thought it needed doing (there’s no sign that anyone does). What happens instead is that the inspectorate is bled of practically all funding. So while the regulations remain, any pre-accident enforcement depends only on an organisation’s desire not to have an accident and risk ending up before the magistrates. It was hard to tell from within a government organisation, where the H&S culture was strong, but I suspect that that’s been the situation for a decade or two now.
Do you not think repeal of H&S legislation isn’t at least part of the appeal to this lot? And if the current legislation has an element of EU in it, doesn’t it automatically cease to apply when we leave, hence the need to rewrite loads of laws?
As maverick says, No. The easiest thing to do is to roll all the legislation over unchanged, and given that they have no time that’s what they’ll do. If they’ve got any nous they’ll then threaten to start unpicking it when (OK, if) the trade negotiations begin. But it would be daft to throw away any of your cards beforehand.
The problem is our lads want to use their cards to play Snap against the EU’s crack team of poker players. Our lads are also too thick to recognise a pair.
I’m not an accountant, but it doesn’t look like it. Page 90 here http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/ara-2018-19.pdf says they spent £217.5M (mostly on staff) but they only raised £91.5M (mostly from fees - the total is broken down later on and suggests only £4.5M came from their activities in court, and some of that might be costs recovered). So they’re £126M in the red. A figure not so different from that appears on page 93 as ‘Funding from DWP’. DWP are their controlling dept (not sure controlling is technically the correct word, since they’re an agency, but you get the idea).
Run out of energy ! Already cost me thousands in surveyors ( quite a few!) And legal costs etc and got me no where really . Just trying to keep sane now as it can seriously tip you over the edge.
The other day they had 5 days of bonfires on boiling hot days , I reported them to environmental health . 12 days later I get a letter saying have you talked to your neighbour !! Doh… The other neighbour was far more effective she just shouted and balled at them and called the fire brigade! That stopped them . I have very little faith in government bodies inc the hse.
Will console myself with the beer and wine that I stuffed in the remaining spaces in the car.
