Fit for service but not for intervention

摘要

Last month Martin Temple, chairman of EEI the manufacturers' organisation, delivered the first triennial review of the Health and Safety Executive. In his report, Mr Temple concluded that there was a continuing need for the HSE to deliver its functions and, further, a strong case for those functions to continue to be delivered by an arm's length body. The review included a consideration of whether adequate control and government arrangements are in place to ensure that the body complies with the principles of governance. His report was largely a positive endorsement for the HSE and the HSWA 1974; there was "near universal agreement..." that the regulator "remains valid and fit for purpose."