HC Deb 13 March 1967 vol 743 cc1-2W
13. Mr. Worsley

asked the Minister of Social Security how far insurance against occupational diseases under the Industrial Injuries scheme corresponds with the detailed recommendations on occupational diseases sent by the European Commission to member-countries of the European Economic Community in 1962.

Mr. Loughlin

It is difficult to make a detailed comparison of the kind suggested because of the different approach adopted by the European Commission towards occupational diseases. Broadly speaking, most of the hazards listed by the Commission are covered either by the prescribed diseases provisions or by the more general accident provisions of the Industrial Injuries Acts. The few exceptions are not hazards met with in Great Britain or are outside the scope of the Industrial Injuries Acts.