§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he intends to implement the report from his industrial injuries advisory council which recommended that lung cancer, without asbestosis, and pleural thickening, among workers exposed to asbestos, should be prescribed as an industrial disease.
§ Mr. RossiThis report tackled a far from straightforward question and it is clear from representations made to my right hon. Friend since its publication that a number of individuals whose expertise in chest diseases is highly respected have reservations about the council's recommendations. My right hon. Friend has, therefore, asked the council to consider the various points that have been raised and I know the chairman is very willing to do so. In the circumstances no action is being taken to implement the recommendations meantime.