HC Deb 25 November 1953 vol 521 cc457-8

Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Act, 1951, by applying it to diseases in respect of which compensation was payable under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, and by making provision for the payment of benefit for partial disablement, and for purposes incidental thereto, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of any increase in the expenses of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance or any other Government department which are so payable under section sixty of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, as applied by virtue of subsection (1) of section four of the said Act of 1951. Resolution agreed to.