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Mr. Ashley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now list emphysema as a prescribed industrial disease.
Mr. Rossi
My right hon. Friend is advised in such matters by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, whose view is that in the present state of medical knowledge the statutory requirements for prescribing emphysema cannot be satisfied.