§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy, further to the publication of the coal industry 82W tripartite group working party on pneumoconiosis, whether the reference in paragraph 4 of the report to chest physicians refers to consultant chest physicians as employed by district health authorities and area health authorities in Wales.
§ Mr. RossiI have been asked to reply.
The pneumoconiosis medical panels comprise full-time specialist medical staff of the Department and other specialists, some of whom have had contracts of service with health authorities, including authorities in Wales, employed on a sessional basis.