Written statement made by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Thursday, 17 November 2005 in the House of Lords, on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council: Report on Vinyl Chloride

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform (Margaret Hodge) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council report has today been laid before Parliament. After careful consideration, I have accepted the recommendations. Amending legislation will be laid before Parliament. In brief the changes are as follows. In the case of Prescribed Disease C24 prescription has been changed from:

	Prescribed Disease	Occupation
C24	(a) Angiosarcoma of the liver; (b) acro-osteolysis characterised by: (i) lytic destruction of the terminal phalanges, (ii) in Raynaud's phenomenon, the exaggerated vasomotor response to cold causing intense blanching of the digits, and (iii) sclerodermatous thickening of the skin; (c) liver fibrosis.
	Exposure to Vinyl Chloride Monomer in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride

to:

	Prescribed Disease	Occupation
C24	Exposure to Vinyl Chloride Monomer causing: (a) Angiosarcoma of the liver; (b) Osteolysis of the terminal phalanges of the fingers; (c) Vinyl-chloride monomer-related Raynaud's phenomenon; (d) Vinyl-chloride monomer-related sclerodermatous thickening of the skin, particularly but not exclusively of the hands; or (e) Liver fibrosis.
	Work involving exposure to Vinyl Chloride Monomer in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride. (Where C24c occurs in the absence of C24a, b, d or e the occupational exposure must have occurred before
1 January 1984). [Exposure to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is not a
cause of the prescribed disease]

Copies of the report have been placed in the Library, and are available to honourable Members from the Vote Office.

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Type: Written statement
Reference: 675 c101-2WS
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Industrial diseases Vinyl chloride
Link: View this Written statement on www.publications.parliament.uk

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council: Report on Vinyl Chloride

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