CD207 - Online reply form

Q1 - Have we got the right...

Q2(b) - If not, which pillar or pillars need adjusting and how?

Q4(a) - Do you think the existing guidance should be improved?

Q4(b) - If so, in what way?

Q4(c) - What is the most useful part of our current guidance?

Q4(d) - What would be the most useful type of new guidance we could produce (for example, case studies)?

Q5(a) - Based on what we know so far, do you think that we should promote a further voluntary initiative like the WSA Challenge Fund, once it ends in March 2007?

Q5(b) - If so, what form should such an initiative take?

Q6(a) - Do you believe that a framework of standards of best practice would be a useful and effective tool to encourage worker involvement?

Q7(a) - What sorts of incentive to encourage more worker participation have been successful in your experience?

Q7(b) - What more can we in HSC and HSE do to help?

Q8(a) - Do you agree that a duty on employers to consult safety representatives on the overall mechanism of risk assessment and on significant assessments would be helpful?

Q9 - What other measures do we need to take to make sure this does not become bureaucratic or simply a paper exercise?

Q10(a) - Do you agree that employers should have a duty to respond to representations from safety representatives?

Q10(c) - What sort of systems do you think would work?

Q11 - What do you consider to be a "reasonable time" for a response?

Q12(a) - Do you agree that both the proposed duties should be extended to include consulting and responding to representatives of employee safety under the HSCWE Regulations?

Q12(b) - If not, why not?

Q13 - Do you agree that the titles of "safety representative" and "representative of employee safety" should be changed to "health and safety representative" and "representative of employee health and safety"?

Q14(b) - If not, what do you think would work better for such people?

Q15 - If we were to propose legislative amendments, how can we keep administrative burdens to a minimum and maximise the impact on improved health and safety?

Q16 - Please would you tell us which option (whether it is one of ours, or a suggestion of your own) will, in your opinion, be the single most effective thing we can do and why?

Q17 - HSC would welcome comments made on the assumptions made in compiling the partial RIA and on its conclusions. Do you have any additional evidence to convince us that the benefits will outweigh the costs?

Q18 - We would be particularly interested to hear from local authorities about what would be the impact on them of enforcing additional regulations on worker involvement. If you are from a local authority, please let us know your thoughts.

Q19 - In your view, how well does the Consultative Document represent the different policy issues involved in this matter?

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