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News Release from: Federation of Master Builders (FMB) | Subject: HSE funding
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Restore cuts in HSE funding says FMB
Government funding for HSE needs to be increased if the escalation in the number of construction deaths, which has risen from 60 to 77, is to be reversed warns Federation of Master Builders.
Restore cuts in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) funding to save lives, warns the Federation of Master Builders in its written evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into the operation and work of the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Richard Diment, Director-General of the FMB says, "Any action that saves a life is worth taking"
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 27 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"It is therefore incredulous that at a time when the Government is wanting to cut the number of deaths on construction sites its funding for the HSE is resulting in a series of cuts to HSE staff which has to be made in order for the HSE to say within budget".
"HSE has already had to make staffing cuts in 2003-4 and a further 250-350 posts are to be lost by 2008 via natural wastage".
Diment continued, "What is the point in the Government introducing yet more health and safety legislation such as the new Corporate Manslaughter Act when it doesn't provide the resources to enforce what legislation it already has in place".
"It makes a nonsense of the whole process.".
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