Clause 1. — (Extension of Section 47 of Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, to workmen suffering from any form of pneumoconiosis.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Workmen's Compensation Bill – in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1942.

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Photo of Mr Wilfrid Burke Mr Wilfrid Burke , Burnley

Do I understand that the benefits of the Bill, as far as pneumoconiosis is concerned, will, in the first instance, be confined to mine workers and therefore that it is wrong to say that this new word will cover all kinds of dust disease contracted in any industry? Is it the case that persons who are not working in coal mines but who may contract the disease by breathing dust, will not be covered by these new powers until evidence has been submitted?