§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will now make a statement on the question of appeal from a decision of the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board when the subject of diagnosis is in dispute.
§ Miss HerbisonI would refer my hon. Friend to the replies I gave him on 3rd104W May, and my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ellis Smith) on 9th July. I am still in consultation with the Trades Union Congress on this difficult matter and I am not yet able to make a statement.