The idea
Health and Safety continues to be used as a means of preventing individuals from taking a personal, risk based approach to their individual lives. Whilst I understand the need for key H&S controls to be mandated across the nations, I feel that the H&S agenda has become all pervasive and would like to see a review with a focus on simplifying and restricting the legislation in this area. I think allowing individuals more personal freedoms strengthen their personal understanding and assessment of H&S issues and associated risks and enable people to set their personal risk tolerances for their personal situations.
Why is it important?
I think people are losing some fundamental personal judgements and assessments about actions and risks in their lives which I believe they need to retain in order to retain some control and involvement in their sorroundings and environment.
More broadly, it helps prevent people from falling into the state of mind that the ‘State’ does or will do everything for them and they don’t have to think or act anymore.
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