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Petition · past parliament · Department for Business and Trade

Review protections for public from unsafe electrical infrastructure

Closed 198 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should review regulations and the role of the HSE to ensure the public is protected from electrical infrastructure danger in a non-workplace context. I believe there is disregard to public safety because regulatory regimes and advice focus on complaints raised in a workplace context.
The current regulatory regimes under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), and Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002, and advice on reporting, focus on work-placed incidents. My husband was killed in May 2017 from arcing from a 11kV uninsulated cable running between his garden and a public footpath. A claim was settled last year and lessons need to be learnt in protecting public safety.

Timeline

25 Oct 2023 Petition opened for signatures
25 Apr 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 198
Status Closed
Department Department for Business and Trade
Opened 25 Oct 2023
Closed 25 Apr 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.