HC Deb 13 November 1940 vol 365 c1715

That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to provide for the payment of compensation or disablement benefit in the case of male workmen who have died from, or become totally and permanently incapacitated for work as the result of, the respiratory disease known as byssinosis; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid." [Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Byssinosis) Bill [Lords].