Business of the House

Martyn Day Excerpts

Thursday 8th September 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lidington]

There will be Transport questions next Thursday 15 September, so the hon. Gentleman will have an opportunity to raise the matter directly with Transport Ministers then.

[Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)]

My constituent, Mr Adamson of Bo’ness, is, like other sufferers of Dupuytren’s contracture, waiting for a decision from the Department for Work and Pensions. In repeated parliamentary written answers, we are fobbed off with promises of a decision being reached in due course or shortly. On 12 January, I was advised that

“a decision whether or not to add it to the list of prescribed diseases will be made early this year”.

As we are still waiting, may we have a ministerial statement to explain the delay and bring the deliberations to a conclusion?

[Mr Lidington]

I will certainly draw that matter to the attention of DWP Ministers, because clearly, whatever the decision will be, the sooner that people know the outcome, the better.