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Poor North Sea Oil and Gas Safety Record Further Evidence of Need for Alternative Penalties |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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 Dr Bill Wilson, MSP (SNP) has repeated his call for the introduction of equity fines on the back of new information highlighting the poor health and safety performance of North Sea oil and gas companies.
Dr Wilson said, “The record of North Sea oil and gas companies over the past year is disturbing. Hydrocarbon releases are up a third on the previous year, which is bad news for the environment, while major and fatal injuries have almost doubled over the same period. “More and more rigs, pipes and equipment are reaching their life expectancy so we need to do more to make sure companies are fulfilling their obligation to look after their workers and the environment. The Health and Safety Executive’s offshore division has said that the figures simply are not good enough and that they are going to take action with a new inspection initiative, which I certainly welcome, but I also feel that companies should be further motivated to improve their act. |
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Wilson Calls for Tough Approach to Wildlife Crime |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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 Wilson Calls for Tough Approach to Wildlife Crime: estate owners should be held responsible for employees’ actions, more powers to SSPCA
Dr Bill Wilson MSP (SNP), a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, has highlighted the issue of wildlife crime, particularly of the poisoning of birds of prey, and called on the Scottish Government to consider implementing legislation to hold estate owners jointly responsible for wildlife crime carried out by their staff on their land, and for the powers of the SSPCA to be extended. Speaking in yesterday’s debate on the Scottish Government’s programme, in which he focused on environmental issues and specifically the Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill, Dr Wilson said,“If members of the public are killed by the negligent actions of employees it is possible to hold the [employing] company to account. […] Vicarious liability holds that an employer can be held liable for the actions of its employees. |
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Serious Assaults in Renfrewshire Significantly Down as Scotland has Lowest Crime for 32 Years |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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 Dr Bill Wilson MSP (SNP) has highlighted the news that serious assaults are significantly down in Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew as Scotland enjoys its lowest levels of crime for thirty-two years.
Dr Wilson said, “The SNP Government’s tenure has seen decreased levels of crime across Scotland. The recruitment and deployment of more than 1,000 new policemen and women on Scottish streets has surely been a significant factor in this. While, over an eight-year period of Labour and LibLab coalition government, crime only fell by four percent, under the SNP, in less than four years, crime rates have fallen by nearly twenty percent. |
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