§ 62. Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will institute an inquiry into the incidence of emphysema amongst coal miners in the villages of Silverdale and Chesterton compared with the incidence amongst professional persons in the Westlands area of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
§ Mr. DeanNo. As I have already indicated to the hon. Member, emphysema is a disease extremely common among the population at large and the consensus of informed medical opinion is that it cannot be attributed to particular occupations.—[Vol. 825, c.77.]