Qatar: Industrial Health and Safety

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 5 April 2017.

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Photo of Lord Triesman Lord Triesman Labour

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate (1) they, and (2) the International Labour Organisation, have made of the number of (a) deaths, and (b) serious injuries, which have occurred on stadium and hotel building sites in Qatar in the last two calendar years.

Photo of Baroness Anelay of St Johns Baroness Anelay of St Johns Minister of State

The Government is aware of the death of five construction workers over the past two years – of which two were workplace accidents on world cup building sites, and the other three were health-related. We do not have any figures for serious injuries and do not estimate them.

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