Ian Lavery
Labour, Wansbeck
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when his Department last conducted a review of employment rights in the offshore oil and gas sector.
Jo Swinson
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Department reviewed the legislation relating to offshore workers as part of the Government's Red Tape Challenge to reduce unnecessary regulation. As a result we will be simplifying the secondary legislation, which includes the employment rights in the offshore oil and gas sector, by summer 2014.
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