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The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has called for the government to introduce a rolling programme to remove asbestos which is deteriorating in the...The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has called for the government to introduce a rolling programme to remove asbestos which is deteriorating in the workplace.

Responding to a consultation on planned amendments to the current asbestos regulations, APIL said the proposals are not strict enough to shield workers from potential life-threatening illnesses.

APIL president Frances McCarthy expressed particular concern over the plan to allow an employer to survey his premises for asbestos, as there is every likelihood that he will know absolutely nothing about the use or presence of asbestos in buildings.

There should be a presumption that a building contains asbestos, she suggested.