Ministers vow to put common sense back into health and safety

In these tough times, businesses need to focus all their energies on creating jobs and growth, not being tied up in unnecessary red tape.

I've listened to those concerns and we're determined to put common sense back into areas like health and safety, which will reduce costs and fear of burdensome inspections.

Today's announcement injects fresh impetus into our drive to cut red tape. We have identified the red tape and now we are going to cut it.

We're getting out of the way by bringing common sense back to health and safety. We will now be holding departments' feet to the fire to ensure all unnecessary red tape is cut.