HC Deb 16 July 1965 vol 716 cc140-1W
Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will now arrange that the benefit of any doubt will always be given to all people who have been employed in industry where they have been subject to mineral dust hazard, and that benefits shall be paid to those men and women who suffer from pneumoconiosis, bronchitis, cancer of the lung, weakened heart, and have been engaged in the pottery industry, foundries, mining or asbestos industry.

Mr. Harold Davies

Where pneumoconiosis is diagnosed the regulations already provide for the disease to be presumed to be due to the nature of his employment, unless the contrary is proved if the claimant has been employed for at least two years in certain prescribed occupations in the industries mentioned. The other diseases mentioned by my hon. Friend are not prescribed diseases and on present evidence do not satisfy the conditions for prescription contained in Section 55(2) of the Act in relation to the groups of workers mentioned in my hon. Friend's Question.

APPROXIMATE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS IN FULL-TIME COURSES OF NOT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS FROM COMMONWEALTH AND BRITISH DEPENDENCIES
Academic Years 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64
Aden … … … … 125 156 169 214 225
Australia … … … … 545 610 605 529 544
Bahamas … … … … 90 98 126 175 124
Barbados … … … … 670 1,080 1,247 1,210 1,248
Basutoland … … … … 20 18 38 33 32
Bechuanaland … … … … 10 5 8 7 21
Bermuda … … … … 75 51 69 101 97
British Guiana … … … … 630 765 869 1,329 1,318
British Honduras … … … … 55 50 71 83 55
British Solomon Islands … … … — 1 — 4 4
Brunei … … … … 30 36 44 36 45
Canada … … … … 670 710 800 912 874
Ceylon … … … … 750 775 736 939 1,041
Cyprus … … … … 875 744 759 822 1,015
Falkland Islands … … … … 5 10 15 3 3
Fiji … … … … 35 40 71 84 62
Gambia … … … … 110 280 228 249 245
Ghana … … … … 1,840 3,793 3,348 1,885 1,991
Gibraltar … … … … 65 62 55 48 124
Gilbert and Ellice Islands … … 1 2 3 9 9
Hong Kong … … … … 1,550 1,580 1,559 1,619 1,715
India … … … … 3,510 3,400 3,496 4,281 4,129
Jamaica … … … … 1,940 2,980 3,151 4,083 3,841
Kenya … … … … 1,030 1,272 1,592 1,532 1,593
Leeward Islands … … … … 200 265 393 339 320
Malaysia, Federation of
Malaya … … … … 2,200 2,220 2,428 2,496 2,882
Sabah … … … … 40 42 64 128 137
Sarawak … … … … 40 34 68 105 125
Singapore … … … … 700 725 976 993 870
Malawi … … … … 50 77 93 155 138
Malta … … … … 120 185 111 143 219
Mauritius … … … … 375 500 598 695 676
New Hebrides … … … … 1 5 1 3 1
New Zealand … … … … 220 270 285 274 252
Nigeria … … … … 6,000 6,800 7,836 8 954 8,630
Pakistan … … … … 1,570 1,245 1,470 1,711 1,924
S. Rhodesia … … … … 230 242 273 393 376
St. Helena … … … … 3 8 7 15 8
Seychelles … … … … 30 46 45 40 32
Sierra Leone … … … … 620 833 869 617 483
Swaziland … … … … 4 4 10 25 32
Tanzania
Tanganyika … … … … 500 592 693 825 885
Zanzibar … … … … 185 219 246 306 281
Trinidad and Tobago … … … 1,100 1,370 1,622 1,858 1,844
Tonga … … … … — — 1 9 11
Uganda … … … … 910 942 1,342 1,121 1,133
Windward Islands … … … … 320 340 447 433 474
Zambia … … … … 120 182 185 219 234
Totals … … … 30,169 35,664 39,122 42,094 42,322
(Extracted from annual issues of "Overseas Students in Britain" prepared by the Standing Committee of the London Conference on Overseas Students).