§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he will schedule emphysema as a prescribed industrial disease.
§ Mr. DeanEmphysema is a disease extremely common among the population at large and not one which can be attributed to particular occupations. It does not therefore satisfy the conditions for prescription laid down in the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act and my right hon. Friend has no proposals for adding it to the prescribed industrial diseases. Provision already exists for cases where emphysema accompanies pneumoconiosis.