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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Clapham (Labour), on Wednesday, 15 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 67 members in total.


OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE AND COALMINERS

That this House calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to accept the recommendation of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, whose report it has been considering since August 2008, and declare A14 Osteoarthritis of the Knee a prescribed disease in relation to coalmining with an early implementation date, opening the way for this group of mostly elderly sufferers to claim an award of industrial injuries benefit.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
2254 
Session
2007-08
Other sponsors
Dennis Skinner
Ronnie Campbell
John Cummings
Bill Etherington
David Hamilton
Subjects
Coal Mining Industrial injuries disablement benefit Osteoarthritis
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk