HC Deb 21 February 1984 vol 54 c498W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recommendations have been made by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council about disability benefit for diffuse pleural thickening and lung cancer accompanied by bilateral diffuse pleural thickening; when the latest recommendations are to be published; what action he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Newton

I refer the right hon. Member to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Sir H. Rossi) on 20 January at column328–9