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Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Industrial Diseases: Compensation (10 Nov 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for osteoarthritis of the knee have been received from coal miners and former coal miners since osteoarthritis of the knee became a prescribed industrial disease; how many have resulted in an award of industrial injury disablement benefit; and how many have resulted in an appeal to a medical appeal tribunal.

Energy and Climate Change: Power Cuts (5 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Clapham: Will my right hon. Friend say how much gas there is in 10 GW? I understand that demand is for something like 22 GW of gas-fired electricity. If that is correct, in the next 20 years we could be over-dependent on gas, so does he intend to take measures to cap gas in the energy mix?

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Industrial Diseases: Compensation (29 Oct 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria have been agreed with examining doctors for the diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee in coal miners and former coal miners; and what steps her Department has taken to advise examining doctors of these criteria.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Vetting (28 Oct 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to publish regulations to outlaw blacklisting; if he will ensure that they (a) make it unlawful for companies to provide information to be used for the compilation of blacklists and (b) establish the right to damages for those named on any such lists; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Pleural Plaques (21 Jul 2009) has video

Michael Clapham: I hear what my right hon. Friend says about the medical evidence of IIAC, but will he look further at medical evidence during the recess, because I can tell him that the consultant who leads the charge for a national centre for asbestos-related diseases says that he believes that pleural plaques are a disease, and he sees people on a daily basis, a proportion of whom are affected by pleural...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Pleural Plaques (21 Jul 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department made of its potential liabilities arising from compensation claims from those with pleural plaques in advance of the House of Lords judgment on pleural plaques compensation of October 2007.

Business of the House (16 Jul 2009) has video

Michael Clapham: May I draw the attention of the Leader of the House to early-day motion 1886, which stands in my name? [That this House considers that the Donaghy report on the construction industry, entitled One Death is Too Many, sets out in its 28 recommendations the necessary structure required to improve health and safety; and calls on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to accept and...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Flats: Construction (15 Jul 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will ensure that blocks of flats of a height of 30 metres or more completed or refurbished after April 2007 are fitted with sprinkler systems.

Written Answers — Defence: Pleural Plaques (6 Jul 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department made of its potential liabilities arising from compensation claims from those with pleural plaques in advance of the House of Lords judgment on pleural plaques compensation of October 2007.

Written Answers — Justice: Asbestos (6 Jul 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State of Business, Innovation and Skills on that Department's estimate of its (a) current and (b) projected liabilities arising from the use of asbestos; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Justice: Pleural Plaques: Compensation (6 Jul 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what reports he has received on the implications for his policy on the payment of compensation for pleural plaques of the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement

Business of the House (2 Jul 2009) has video

Michael Clapham: Will my right hon. and learned Friend join me in congratulating Katrina London, Jason Addy and Paul Glanville on undertaking the mesothelioma awareness ride? It will cover 12,000 miles from Glasgow to Southampton, and today they arrive in London. The intention, of course, is to raise awareness of mesothelioma cancer, which is caused by exposure to asbestos, and at the same time to raise funds...

Written Answers — Justice: Pleural Plaques (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the medical reports the Government has requested from the (a) Chief Medical Officer and (b) Industrial Injuries Advisory Council as part of its consultation on pleural plaques.

Asbestos in Homes (29 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Clapham: I am grateful to have secured this debate, because it is on an important and complex issue, and I believe that there is a common-sense way to deal with it. I am also pleased to see the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Jonathan Shaw), in his place, because he has some knowledge about asbestos in relation to social housing,...

Asbestos in Homes (29 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Clapham: I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend. We will see the number of cases increase until about 2015, then plateau and fall way by 2050. Tradespeople working on maintenance jobs who are exposed to asbestos are likely to develop mesothelioma, so it is important to consider what action might be taken on asbestos in houses. As the Minister will know, asbestos was a common house building...

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Skills Gap (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Clapham: The hon. Gentleman will be aware that in the 1980s, when many of the older industries that we have talked about disappeared, little was put in their place. As a result, despite social mobility arising from education policy, there is still a lag, dating back to that time, that affects people whose skills were not transferable. That is the group of people we must reach. That means new jobs...

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Skills Gap (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Clapham: One statistic relating to Barnsley stands out hugely in the debate. In 1975, the crime level in Barnsley was 15 per cent. below the national average. In 1995, it was 15 per cent. above the national average. In between, we had experienced something that we had not previously seen—the influx of drugs into the town.

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Skills Gap (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Clapham: The hon. Gentleman mentioned his party's industrial policy. Does his party also agree that the architecture of the RDAs will be essential to creating new jobs in the new industries that will emerge as we come out of the current recession?

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Skills Gap (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Clapham: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Mr. Anderson) on securing the debate, which is particularly important for older industrial areas and the people who live there. I want to make three brief points. First, I want to discuss how to break the cycle of generational unemployment to improve people's life chances in areas such as Barnsley, Blaydon and Rochdale. Secondly, I shall...

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Skills Gap (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Clapham: That is the circumstance. The college has set out to increase the number of 16 to 18-year-old students as well as adult students. The whole strategy was, as I said, approved by the LSC as early as July 2007. That was given further, reinforced approval in November 2008, leading the college to go ahead with demolition in the belief that it would have the resource to start building a new college...