THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (EARL RUSSELL)My Lords, I beg leave to introduce a Bill to extend Section 47 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, to industries involving exposure to asbestos dust, and to amend the provisions of that section relating to medical arrangements and examinations, and to move that it be read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a.— (Earl Russell.)
§ On Question, Bill read 1a, and to be printed.