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MPs back TUC calls for asbestos removal from public buildings
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A CROSS-PARTY group of MPs has backed a TUC call for all asbestos to be removed from public and commercial buildings.
The work and pensions select committee, which cited the union confederation’s demand for action in its latest report, published on Thursday, said that a 40-year deadline should be set for the eradication of all traces of the toxic material.
The TUC welcomed the report but argued that the deadline was not ambitious enough.
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