HC Deb 27 March 1979 vol 965 cc107-8W
Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about the progress made by his Department's working groups on compensation for men afflicted by industrial silicosis.

Mr. Harold Walker

I refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to my right hon. Friend the Member for Anglesey (Mr. Hughes) and the hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley) on 22 March.—[Vol. 964, c.741–42.]

Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will seek to ensure that potters are included in any new Government compensation scheme for people suffering from silicosis or any other lung disease caused by dust.

Mr. Harold Walker

I refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to my right hon. Friend the Member for Anglesey (Mr. Hughes) and the hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley) on 22 March. The scheme will embrace workers in the pottery industry.—[Vol. 964, c.741–42.]