Putting the record straight

Responding to health and safety related articles and reports in the British media. HSC/E also takes an interest when other organisations respond to the media.

2010

• 29/01/10: 'Snow work often good work.' HSE responds to Strathspey and Badenoch Herald
• 22/01/10: HSE responds to Bristol Evening Post
• 21/01/10: HSE responds to Birmingham Mail
• 21/01/10: HSE responds to thisisnottingham.co.uk
• 20/01/10: HSE responds to Yorkshire Evening Post letter
• 20/01/10: HSE responds to East Anglian Daily Times (Essex) letter

2009

• 30/11/09: HSE responds to Daily Mail - bowling alley story
• 23/10/09: Christopher Booker is closer to agreeing with the HSE about asbestos...
• 16/10/09: HSE Chair agrees with Justice Minister on school science experiments
• 16/10/09: HSE Chair agrees with Justice Minister: "there is a common-sense balance to be struck"
• 13/10/09: Letter to The Guardian
• 08/10/09: Police Service policy statement - HSE response to Daily Mail
• 05/10/09: Eastern Daily Press - HSE response to letters section
• 05/10/09: HSE Director for Scotland sets the record straight over Lollipop man
• 01/10/09: HSE Chair Judith Hackitt's response to the Daily Express article on on tackling real health and safety issues
• 28/09/09: Letter to Aldershot News
• 07/09/09: Kevin Myers responds to The Mirror about 'health and safety gone mad'
• 06/08/09: Head of Offshore Division responds offshore deaths article
• 05/08/09: Judith Hackitt responds to ICL article
• 05/08/09: Judith Hackitt responds EU radiation directive article
• 04/08/09: The People - Myth busting
• 28/07/09: HSE Chair Judith Hackitt's response to the Daily Express article "For safety's sake, skip the playground games"
• 28/07/09: HSE Chair Judith Hackitt's response to the Edinburgh Evening News "Aiming to avoid some potential banana skins"
• 28/07/09: HSE Chair Judith Hackitt's response to the Sunday Express campaign to 'Save our Fetes' and the celebrity support it is receiving
• 08/07/09: Geoffrey Podger, HSE Chief Executive, responds to Daily Express article "Why should the taxpayer bankroll quangos?"
• 07/07/09: Judith Hackitt, HSE Chair, responds to Telegraph article: Safety rules kill off kids' 'Brit spirit'
• 06/07/09: HSE Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger's response to a Daily Mail article on a proposed review of quangos and their accountability.
• 02/02/09: Letter from HSE's Chair, Judith Hackitt to Daily Mail newspaper
• 27/06/09: Kevin Myers responds to Guardian article "Fears for safety as nuclear watchdog hires staff from firms pitching to build reactors"
• 04/06/09: Responses to articles about fruit farm closure
• 20/04/09: Rebuttal letter from HSE's Deputy Chief Executive, Kevin Myers to Daily Mail newspaper
• 18/2/09: Geoffrey Podger's response to Guardian article 'HSE disbands nuclear body that warned of risks'
• 10/2/09: Geoffrey Podger's response to Sun article criticising HSE's 'Make a promise. Come home safe' campaign
• 23/01/09: Judith Hackitt's response to Richard Littlejohn's Daily Mail article

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