§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will confirm that, for the purposes of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers Compensation) Act 1979, a quarrying company which is still operational, and which employed an applicant now suffering from pneumoconiosis, is not considered to be a "relevant employer" if the work done by the employee for that company was not such that made him vulnerable to the effects of dust while undertaking that work.
§ Mr. MayhewYes. Account is taken of the nature of the work undertaken by a sufferer for a firm in determining whether or not that firm is or is not a "relevant employer" for the purposes of a particular application under the Act.