§ Mr. Butcherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made towards the implementation of the decision announced on 11 March to prescribe occupational vitiligo under the industrial injuries scheme.
§ Mr. PrenticeI am pleased to announce that regulations were laid on 17 October 1980, to take effect from today to prescribe occupational vitiligo as an industrial disease for the purposes of industrial injuries benefits.