§ Mr. Ken HargreavesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will add reactive dyes to the list of substances which are held to be asthma causing in respect of claims for industrial injuries disablement benefit:, and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottWe shall be laying regulations shortly which will extend the coverage for occupational asthma under the industrial injuries scheme. Nine further named agents, including reactive dyes, will be added to the prescribed list of sensitising agents encountered at work.