§ 56. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what steps he has taken to ensure that all doctors in coal mining areas receive copies of his Department's publication, entitled "Pneumoconiosis: Procedure for Claiming Benefit", and are conversant with its contents.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterMy regional offices with the help of the local county and county borough executive councils try to ensure that copies of this booklet are sent to all doctors in coal mining areas, but any doctor can obtain a copy by writing to my Department.
§ 57. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to what extent doctors who serve on pneumoconiosis medical boards are also serving on medical appeal tribunals.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNone of the doctors who serve on pneumoconiosis medical boards is a member of a medical appeal tribunal under the Industrial injuries Act.