§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the Employment Medical Advisory Service will be able to monitor the health of trawler-men in the light of the special health hazards faced by fishermen living in confined quarters; if he will consider special regulations for providing an employment 140W health service for this industry; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe Employment Medical Advisory Service is available to give advice to anyone, including trawler-men, about any medical problem directly related to their employment but the Act does not empower the Secretary of State to make regulations providing for an occupational health service for any industry.
The desirability and practicability of monitoring the health of workers in the fishing industry is one of the subjects that the Employment Medical Advisory Service intends to look at, in conjunction with the other departments concerned, as soon as the service is fully operational.