HC Deb 15 October 1975 vol 897 c732W
Mrs. Winifred Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will list the recognised industrial diseases afflicting coal miners and state the definition of each which enables a miner or his relatives to qualify for benefits; whether these definitions or any of them have been changed in the last seven years; and, if so, in what respects.

Mr. O'Malley

The following list shows the prescribed diseases and injuries which may affect coal miners, among others. There have been no changes in the definitions in the last seven years.