Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Worthington (Labour), on Monday, 10 July 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 149 members in total.

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COMPENSATION RECOVERY UNIT (No. 3)

That this House congratulates the Social Security Committee on its excellent report on the damaging work of the Compensation Recovery Unit of the DSS; agrees with the Committee that some of the cases it encountered 'are revolting to the ordinary man's sense of justice'; deplores the practice of the DSS in clawing back benefits from awards that had been made for pain and suffering; regrets that the victims are not now pursuing just claims because only the Treasury would benefit; believes that the Select Committee is right when it says that benefit repayment should be made by insurance companies and guilty parties not by victims; congratulates the Committee on urging that all clawback of benefits from asbestosis victims should stop at the earliest opportunity; and calls upon the Government to act urgently to implement the report.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1371 

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Industrial diseases benefits Compensation Recovery Unit

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk