§ 46. Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will establish an inquiry into the procedure whereby the expert witness at industrial death appeal tribunals can previously have been a member of a pneumoconiosis panel who advised the insurance officer making the original decision.
§ Mr. DeanNo, Sir. The expert witness from the Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel is normally one of the doctors who have examined the thoracic organs and is therefore in the best position to give evidence on the medical issues.