Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Heath (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 13 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 123 members in total.

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RNID'S VETERANS' CAMPAIGN

That this House expresses concern that many ex-servicemen and women who have suffered substantial hearing loss as a result of their service in the armed forces are being denied compensation through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; notes that a service person has to suffer a hearing loss of 50 decibels before being compensated, a level often only experienced naturally by elderly people; further notes that this is not the case across the European Union and the Commonwealth, where the qualifying level of hearing loss is much lower; further notes that criteria for compensation ignore the fact that noise-induced hearing loss associated with service brings forward the age at which an individual will experience severe difficulties in everyday communication and social participation; therefore believes that the Government's criteria for assessing compensation for deafened veterans is failing to deliver sufficient recognition for those who have made great sacrifices for their country; and therefore joins RNID and ex-service organisations in calling upon the Government to lower the qualifying level of hearing loss in order to ensure that all those who have served in the armed forces are compensated appropriately for any disability, and that those currently serving their country are not let down when their service ends.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

306 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Roger Berry

Peter Bottomley

Martin Caton

David Leslie Taylor

Bob Russell

Subjects

Compensation Hearing impairment Royal National Institute for Deaf People Veterans

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk