§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Social Security what is the number of applications for industrial disease benefit on the ground of byssinosis received and disposed of during the most recent convenient 12 months; in how many cases benefit was awarded; and what was the average assessment of disability.
§ Mr. Harold DaviesMedical Panels made 497 such examinations under the provisions of the Industrial Injuries Act in the year to June, 1966 and diagnosed 185 cases. The average assessment was about 20 per cent.