§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Social Security if she has given recent consideration to prescribing osteo-arthritis as an industrial disease; and whether any claimants with this disability have received benefit under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts.
§ Miss HerbisonOn present knowledge, osteo-arthritis does not satisfy the tests for prescription set out in Section 56(2) of the Industrial Injuries Act. Claims to benefit for this disability can succeed under the accident provisions of the Act where it is accepted that the disease resulted from or was aggravated by an industrial injury.