§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will add vibration white ringer to the list of industrial diseases.
§ Mr. OrmeThe Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, in its report of 1975 on vibration syndrome (Cmnd. 5965), found that no objective clinical tests were available which would identify vibration-induced white finger as attributable to occupation in a particular person and enable the resultant disablement to be assessed with reasonable accuracy. Whilst the position is kept under review, I know of no developments which invalidate those findings, and consequently the disease cannot at present be added to the list of prescribed diseases.