HC Deb 07 July 1932 vol 268 c594
8. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of compensation claims made and the number granted, and the fatalities recorded, in the pottery industry since the Silicosis Order came into operation?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Oliver Stanley)

I regret I have no information as to the number of compensation claims made, but the number of cases in this industry in which compensation was paid since 1st February, 1929, when the Various Industries (Silicosis) Scheme came into operation, up to the end of 1931, is 322, including 87 fatal cases.

Mr. LAWSON

Is the Under-Secretary aware that the Miners Federation are not satisfied that this order is doing the work it is intended to do?

Mr. STANLEY

That matter was referred to in the Debate yesterday, when the hon. Member was not present.