E-mail this to a friendCommons pass mesothelioma bill
Published 06/12/2007
A Bill ensuring faster compensation for mesothelioma sufferers yesterday [4 December 2007] passed through the House of Commons.
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill will establish a self-funding lump sum payment scheme for mesothelioma sufferers not covered by the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 – allowing victims in England, Scotland and Wales to receive swifter settlements.
The Bill was given an unopposed third reading and will now go to the House of Lords.
This article has been reprinted with permission of the Claims Standards Council
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