HC Deb 13 December 1978 vol 960 cc184-5W
Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what recommendations he has received from an inter-departmental commitee established to review all the available evidence relating to the question of compensation for workers suffering from pneumoconiosis, including asbestosis.

Mr. Harold Walker:

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 6th November—[Vol. 957, c. 28–29.] The Government are still awaiting the working group's report.