Workplacelaw.net reported on 21st June 2007 that the Government has published a new Bill (Child Maintenance Bill) to assist mesothelioma victims in line with recommendations made by Thompsons Solicitors.
The Child Maintenance Bill, published earlier this month, paves the way for changes put forward by specialist claimant lawyers, Thompsons, to relax the eligibility criteria for entitlement to State Benefits for mesothelioma victims.
The law firm said it was an injustice that current rules meant people exposed to asbestos dust outside the workplace were excluded from entitlement to payment of certain State funded benefits.
Earlier this year Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, John Hutton MP, announced that everyone with mesothelioma, including previously excluded groups like the self employed and family members exposed to asbestos on workers' overalls, would soon be able to claim an up-front lump sum payment.
Now the Government has confirmed it will make this change in Part 4 of the recently published Child Maintenance Bill, which is set to become law in 2008.
Thompsons' Justice for Asbestos Families campaign revealed that families in England and Wales are receiving tens of thousands of pounds less in compensation than their Scottish counterparts.
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