§ 11. Mr. John Hyndasked the Minister of National Insurance, what progress he has made in examining the prospects of bringing within the benefits of the Industrial Injuries Act workmen disabled by pneumoconiosis or silicosis prior to the commencement of that Act.
§ The Minister of National Insurance (Mr. James Griffiths)I regret that I cannot yet make any further statement on this matter.
§ Mr. HyndMay we take it as an assurance that the Minister is carrying out the promise he has made on several occasions to the House to give this question sympathetic consideration, and can we expect a reasonably early statement on it?
§ Mr. GriffithsI am examining the matter. I did promise that I would try to reach a conclusion by the middle of this year, and that promise still stands.