division_name: Orders of the Day &#8212; Health and Safety (Offences) Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="c.1175.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a second time. This is a small, but important, Bill. Some 25 years ago, I worked for the Workers Educational Association, when one aspect of my job was to teach health and safety courses for the Trades Union Congress. I stressed then what I believe is still true today&#8212;that health and safety is in everyone's interest. It is obviously in the interest of the workers, but it is also of interest to the employers. Good health and safety practices are in the interest of the profitability of firms and the safety of the people employed.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.1175.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That was back in 1974, but when I began to take an interest once again in health and safety, I was surprised by the fact that we have not seen any recent changes in the level of fines for health and safety offences. The most recent fines were introduced in 1991 and 1992 and since then there has been no change. That is why I agreed to put forward this small but important Bill.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.1196.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> Question put</i>, That the Bill be now read a Second time:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="c.1196.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 20, Noes 3.</p>