HC Deb 20 February 1967 vol 741 cc195-6W
52. Mr. John Wells

asked the Minister of Labour what immediate steps the Government are taking, until research into the problem has been completed, to ban the import and use of blue asbestos, the dust of which has a known connection with a fatal tumour, in order to protect the public from a malignant disease.

Mr. Fernyhough

We are revising the Asbestos Industry Regulations with a view to controlling hazards from asbestos.

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