asked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he will take to compensate pneumoconiosis sufferers or their dependants where this disease has been contracted in industries other than coal mining; and if he will make a statement.

I have nothing to add in relation to the provision of compensation to the reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley) on 13th January 1976.—[Vol. 903, c. 133.]