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Category: Putting the record straight

HSE responds to press articles critical of health and safety to help put the record straight

HSE Chief Executive responds to Christopher Booker’s comments in the Daily Telegraph

Friday, October 23, 2009

HSE Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger’s response to Christopher Booker’s comments in The Daily Telegraph

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HSE Chair reponds to The Lancashire Telegraph article - “Safety: some have gone too far”

Monday, October 19, 2009

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt responds
It’s great to see the Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, flying the flag for a common-sense approach to health and safety (’Safety: some have gone too far’, 8 October).

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HSE Chair responds to Daily Telegraph article “Straw attacks ‘health and safety’”

Friday, October 16, 2009

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt responds
As the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) I wholeheartedly agree with Justice Secretary, Jack Straw

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Police service statement - HSE response to Daily Mail

Friday, October 9, 2009

The vast majority of media coverage of the launch of the Police Service policy statement “Striking the Balance” event

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HSE Scotland Director sets the record straight over Lollipop man

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Dr Paul Stollard (HSE Director for Scotland)  responds - I was really sorry to read today’s, Monday 05 October 2009,

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HSE Inspectors appreciate a good joke…

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Geoff Baker (Head of Operations - East/South East England) responds - “Inspectors with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

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HSE Chair responds - tackling real health and safety issues

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Judith Hackitt, HSE Chair, has responded to a Daily Express article on tackling real health and safety issues.

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‘Health and safety gone mad’ - Kevin Myers responds

Thursday, September 10, 2009

HSE Deputy Chief Executive Kevin Myers responds to articles in The Mirror on 5 September - ’Palarva’, and ‘Sorry, no

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Do your homework on school tie ‘ban’

Friday, August 28, 2009

Britain’s safety watchdog has hit back at claims of a ban on traditional school ties and urged people to do their

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Judith Hackitt responds EU radiation directive article

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The HSE Chair has responded to article in The Daily Telegraph titled ‘Business hopes Government will see the light on EU

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Judith Hackitt responds to ICL article

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt responds to a misleading article in The Herald regarding the ICL Plastics explosion.

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The People - Myth busting

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt responds to a reader’s letter in The People newspaper regarding schools.

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HSE Chair’s response to the Daily Express article “For safety’s sake, skip the playground games

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I am delighted to see the results of the survey referenced in your article “For safety’s sake, skip the playground games” 28 July,

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HSE Chair’s response to the Edinburgh Evening News “Aiming to avoid some potential banana skins”

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

At HSE, we fully endorse the notion put forward by City Council health and safety advisor Graham Anderson

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HSE Chair responds to the Sunday Express campaign to ‘Save our Fetes’

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

HSE agrees wholeheartedly with the sentiments behind the Sunday Express ‘Save Our fetes’ campaign.

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HSE won’t rain on your parade…or your fete!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

HSE has chosen village fetes as July’s ‘elf and safety’ myth, to illustrate the confusion that exists around organising public events.

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‘Why should the taxpayer bankroll quangos?’

Thursday, July 9, 2009

HSE Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger responds to article in the Daily Express. 

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Safety rules kill off kids’ ‘Brit spirit’

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt responds to an article in the Daily Telegraph.

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A ‘bonfire of the quangos’

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

HSE Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger responds to a Daily Mail article (6 July) on a proposed review of quangos and

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Rebuttal letter from HSE’s Chair to Daily Mail newspaper

Friday, July 3, 2009

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s response to a Daily Mail article (2 July) on the activity of a campaign group protesting

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