Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Clapham (Labour), on Thursday, 16 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 90 members in total.

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COAL MINE SURFACE WORKERS' CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE SCHEME

That this House is disappointed by the decision not to establish a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease scheme for the relatively small number of surface mine workers who did not work underground or worked underground for less than five years and who were involved in processing coal and exposed to a dusty environment covered by the 1974 Coal Miners' Pneumoconiosis Scheme; and calls on the Department for Trade and Industry to reconsider its decision.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

410 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Coal Industrial diseases Mining Respiratory system Respiratory diseases Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk