Question follow-through · 23504

Postal Workers: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with postal workers on the potential impact of low-level letter boxes on health and safety at work.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with postal workers on the potential impact of low-level letter boxes on health and safety at work.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 19554 on 18 December 2024.My hon Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich has also agreed to meet with my hon Friend to discuss this matter.

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