HC Deb 12 January 1981 vol 996 cc443-4W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of cases in which a pneumoconiosis medical panel has concealed as asbestosis the diagnosis of mesothelioma in each of the years 1967 to 1980; and what was the name of the panel in each case.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

I regret that information is not available as to the number of cases in which, for humanitarian reasons, the diagnosis of mesothelioma by a pneumoconiosis medical panel has not been communicated to the claimant concerned.