Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 84440

Hazardous Substances

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Luke Akehurst

LabourNorth Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic e

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has no current plans to amend The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) (as amended). These regulations place duties on all employers to assess the risk and ensure that the exposure of the...

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