Clause 1 - Health and safety at work: general duty of self-employed persons

Part of Deregulation Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:30 am on 27 February 2014.

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Photo of Toby Perkins Toby Perkins Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) 11:30, 27 February 2014

My hon. Friend is entirely right about the response of the business groups. If the British Chambers of Commerce or the Federation of Small Businesses were not in support of a deregulation Bill, they would have an existential crisis. It is clear, however, that they considered the change to be something that would make a very small difference and was actually about the Government trying to do something deregulatory. That lukewarm support stands in stark contrast to some of the risks, which I am sure my hon. Friend will identify, and puts the Bill in context.