§ 31. Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Social Security whether she will refer to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council the question of adding Raynaud's 1099 phenomenon to the schedule of prescribed industrial diseases.
§ Miss HerbisonAt my request, the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council recently completed an informal review of current developments in knowledge of Raynaud's phenomenon. As a result of their findings, on 13th January I referred to them for consideration and advice the question of prescribing vibration syndrome. This is a wider condition embracing Raynaud's phenomenon and other diseases of bones, joints, blood vessels or nerves caused by vibrating machines.
§ Mr. DalyellDoes my right hon. Friend recollect the case of my constituent, Mr. Charles Shaw, of Bathgate, about whom I went to see her and her predecessors, who suffers from Raynaud's disease, and would she accept that this is a matter which is of great concern to a very few individuals and that favourable treatment would be highly regarded by a very few unfortunate people?
§ Miss HerbisonIt was because of that case, and, of course, a number of other cases, that in the first instance I asked the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council to look at it, and we widened the field considerably because there are, I understand, many more who suffer from the vibration syndrome.