Clause 3 - Functions of the Centre
Health (Wales) Bill
5:45 pm
Mr Hywel Williams (Caernarfon, Plaid Cymru)
Is the hon. Gentleman aware of the condition that affects slate workers and ex-slate workers in my constituency? It is probably unique to north Wales, as is the fact that the employers went bankrupt. In 1979, that led to the passing of legislation that applied only to those slate workers and nowhere else in the UK, as far as I know. I do not see how there could be co-operation, as the hon. Gentleman called it, with parts of the UK where a condition does not exist and where employers have not gone out of business.