§ 55. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why he will not undertake research on osteoarthritis as an occupational risk, especially for workers using pneumatic picks and drills.
§ Mr. N. MacphersonMy powers to promote research relate to diseases against which persons are insured under the Industrial Injuries Act or which it is contemplated might be prescribed under that Act. On present evidence osteoarthritis nowhere near satisfies the tests for prescription contained in Section 55(2) of the Act.