Adjournment debate on Mr Robert Nortcliff and offshore safety.

Adjournment debate on Mr Robert Nortcliff and offshore safety.

How many (a) deaths, (b) major injuries and (c) minor injuries were reported to (i) the Mines Inspectorate, (ii) the Railways Inspectorate, (iii) the Offshore Safety Inspectorate and (iv) the Explosives Inspectorate in each year since 1983. - Table given.

How many (a) deaths, (b) major injuries and (c) minor injuries were reported to (i) the Mines Inspectorate, (ii) the Railways Inspectorate, (iii) the Offshore Safety Inspectorate and (iv) the Explosives Inspectorate in each year since 1983. - Table given.

How many recommendations for prosecution under the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 the Offshore Safety Division of the Health and Safety Executive has instigated; and if he will list the companies and installations to which such recommendations have applied. - Inc list.

How many recommendations for prosecution under the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 the Offshore Safety Division of the Health and Safety Executive has instigated; and if he will list the companies and installations to which such recommendations have applied. - Inc list.

How many improvement notices, prohibition notices and pending prosecutions were outstanding when the offshore Safety Division of the Health and Safety Executive took over responsibility for those matters from the Department of Energy; which (a) companies and (b) installations they applied to; and how many are still outstanding.

How many improvement notices, prohibition notices and pending prosecutions were outstanding when the offshore Safety Division of the Health and Safety Executive took over responsibility for those matters from the Department of Energy; which (a) companies and (b) installations they applied to; and how many are still outstanding.

How many improvement notices the Offshore Safety Division of the Health and Safety Executive have instigated since taking over this responsibility; and if he will list each company and installation to which such notices have been issued. - Inc list.

How many improvement notices the Offshore Safety Division of the Health and Safety Executive have instigated since taking over this responsibility; and if he will list each company and installation to which such notices have been issued. - Inc list.

What further changes he proposes to make to improve health and safety on offshore installations.

What further changes he proposes to make to improve health and safety on offshore installations.

What steps he will take to ensure that offshore operating companies are not able to avoid their legal and financial obligations relating to the payment of fines under health and safety prosecutions if they have been taken over; what time scale he envisages for this action. - Not convinced of...

What steps he will take to ensure that offshore operating companies are not able to avoid their legal and financial obligations relating to the payment of fines under health and safety prosecutions if they have been taken over; what time scale he envisages for this action. - Not convinced of...

What steps he will take to ensure that offshore operating companies are required to have insurance cover to indemnify them against the costs of fines associated with health and safety prosecutions when applying for operating licences; if he will ensure that such requirements are built into licence conditions. - None.

What steps he will take to ensure that offshore operating companies are required to have insurance cover to indemnify them against the costs of fines associated with health and safety prosecutions when applying for operating licences; if he will ensure that such requirements are built into licence conditions. - None.

Statement on offshore oil & gas safety cases were received by 30th November. - Inc figures & ref to Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992.

Statement on offshore oil & gas safety cases were received by 30th November. - Inc figures & ref to Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992.

What proposals he has to modify the Petroleum Act 1987; to list offshore installations and pipeline networks which have been dismantled and removed in past 6 years and those scheduled to be demolished and withdrawn from UK continental shelf; and how many programmes involving abandonment have been approved over past...

What proposals he has to modify the Petroleum Act 1987; to list offshore installations and pipeline networks which have been dismantled and removed in past 6 years and those scheduled to be demolished and withdrawn from UK continental shelf; and how many programmes involving abandonment have been approved over past...