Mesothelioma UK’s ‘Don’t Let The Dust Settle: calling time on asbestos’ campaign, is pleased to support The Sunday Times with its campaign calling on the government to take action on a phased removal of asbestos, starting with schools and hospitals.
In April 2023, a young patient with mesothelioma established a Parliamentary petition calling for ‘a central register of asbestos and phased removal of asbestos from all buildings’. Please help us to reach the 100,000 target signatures to get a debate in Parliament by signing and sharing the petition at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/635817
The five-point plan published in The Sunday Times is:
- Draw up a national strategy for the planned removal of all asbestos over the next 40 years, including identifying properties most in need of urgent action and clear guidance on the safe disposal of asbestos
- Create a national register of properties which contain asbestos and where it can be found. Owners of all non-domestic properties should be forced to comply with the rules for registration
- Develop an app, or digital register, that can be accessed by anyone renovating a property for free to discover if there is asbestos
- Introduce regular reporting of air quality around buildings that contain asbestos to monitor fibres
- Set minimum standards of training for appointed duty holders who are responsible for monitoring asbestos on properties
More articles relating to the removal of asbestos and its damaging impacts will be published in The Sunday Times over the coming weeks.
