§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now withdraw the circular 18/80 issued to coroners and others on the need for pathologists to collaborate with pneumoconiosis medical panels upon the death of persons adjudged to have been suffering from prescribed industrial diseases ; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. RaisonI am not aware at present of any grounds for doing so. The circular reflects the importance attached by the Brodrick committee to effective liaison between coroners pathologists and pneumoconiosis medical panels.