Status Of Seafarer Health And Safety Representatives

EDM number 201 in 2013-14, proposed by Katy Clark on 06/06/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Industrial health and safety and Shipping.

That this House notes the differences in the legal status and powers of seafarer and land-based health and safety representatives; is concerned that land-based representatives are legally required after appointment to attend a trade union-approved health and safety training course as soon as possible, whilst seafarer representatives are only required to undertake on-board health and safety training at some stage; is further concerned that this inferior status compromises the health and safety regime for seafarers working on UK-flagged vessels; and calls on the Government to take steps to bring seafarer health and safety representatives up to the legal status of their land-based counterparts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.