HC Deb 13 January 1994 vol 235 cc258-9W
Mr. Congdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how the Government propose to respond to the European Commission recommendation of 22 May 1990 concerning the adoption of a European schedule of occupational diseases.

Mr. Scott

The Government's response to the recommendation was sent to the Commission recently.

Copies have been placed in the Library. We are pleased to take the opportunity to explain arrangements for compensating, reporting and preventing occupational disease.