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Jo Feary speaks at All Party Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on artificial/engineered stone

Mon, 03 Nov 2025

Dr Johanna Feary recently spoke to MPs and peers at the All Party Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Occupational Safety & Health on Monday 3 November 2025, about the increasing number of patients in the UK diagnosed with silicosis caused by artificial/engineered stone.

Industry experts at the Westminster meeting including clinicians, politicians, union leaders and legal teams called for a UK-wide ban on stones with high silica content, primarily artificial/engineered stone.

The meeting was hosted by Thompsons Solicitors and the Trade Union Congress.

Read press coverage of the meeting here: