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Health and Safety Commission Agenda HSC/07/A09
Meeting Date: 4 September 2007 Open Gov. Status:  Fully Open
Exemptions:  None
Item Title Notes
09:00 Commission Private Meeting in Rose Room  
09:30 Commission and Lord McKenzie of Luton Private meeting  
10:30 Main meeting in the Globe Room  

1
10:30

 Chair's introduction
  • Draft Minutes from 17 July meeting
  • Urgent Business not covered by the agenda
HSC/07/M07

2
10:35

Chief Executive's Report

  
3
10:45		 Dame Carol Black's Presentation 
  • The work she is doing
  • How it links to the HSC Strategy
  • What she needs from HSC
  
11:30 Coffee  
4
11:45		 Two papers with linked issues:
1.  HSE / GLA Merger: Draft Consultation Document
Presenter: Giles Denham
Official: David Butter		 HSC/07/65
Fully Open
2.  Vulnerable (including Migrant Workers) an update
Presenter: Giles Denham
Official: Jenny Eastabrook 		HSC/07/63
Fully Open
5
12:05		 Final draft of new HSC / Institute of Director's guidance on director responsibility for health and safety 
Presenter: Jonathan Rees
Official: Jenny Eastabrook		 HSC/07/59
HSC/07/59a
Fully Open
6
12.25		 Amendments to the Regulations on the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives
Presenter: Giles Denham
Official: Andy Miller 		HSC/07/61
Fully Open
7
12.40		 Simplification Project: Proposed Consultation on Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989
Presenter: Giles Denham
Official: Jenny Eastabrook 		HSC/07/64
Fully Open
End of open meeting
 
Closed Session
12:50 HSE Performance Report Quarter 1 2007/08
Presenter: Vivienne Dews   
Official: Steve Dennis

HSC/07/66
Fully Closed

Prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs (FOI Act Section 36)

13.25 Lunch  
Below the Line:
1 Implementation of EU Directive on  the Management of  Waste from the Extractive Industries

HSC/07/62
Fully Closed

Formulation of government policy etc (FOI Act section 35)

Misc Papers
  Gas Safety Review – A new Gas Installer Registration Scheme MISC/07/09
Fully Open
  Further Better Regulation activity in relation to low risk businesses particularly SME’s MISC/07/21
Fully Open
  Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) announces the Better Regulation Executive’s (BRE) review of health and safety regulation and low risk businesses, especially SMEs Addendum MISC/07/21a
Partially Closed
  A proposed negotiating line for and EC regulation on the import and export of certain chemicals

MISC/07/22
Fully Closed

Formulation of government policy etc (FOI Act section 35

  Update on Health and Work MISC/07/24
Fully Open
  ICL Explosion and building collapse: Update MISC/07/25
Fully Closed

Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities (FOI Act Section 30)