Legal and Medical reported on 4th, December 2007 that a Bill ensuring faster compensation for mesothelioma sufferers passed through the House of Commons on 3rd December.
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.
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