§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will now ask the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council to consider whether any condition resulting from exposure to vinyl chloride monomer should be made a prescribed industrial disease.
§ Mr. O'MalleyYes. The industrial Injuries Advisory Council has suggested to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that the terms of the previous reference to it about acro-osteolysis should be widened. She has accepted this suggestion and has asked the council to consider whether there is any condition resulting from exposure to vinyl chloride monomer which should be prescribed as an industrial disease under Section 76(2) of the Social Security Act 1975 and if so what are the occupations that should be covered.