Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Stephen Hepburn (Labour), on Monday, 22 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 38 members in total.

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PLEURAL PLAQUES PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS

That this House deeply regrets the unreasonable and unjust Government decision to deny compensation to widows of pleural plaques victims who had waited years to receive 5,000 in compensation but who sadly died before the funds were eventually released; believes that these widows played a very important role in sustaining their partners through the overlong struggle for compensation rights; and urges the Government to seek ways to recognise the plight of these widows and to allow the payment to accrue to their next of kin, possibly as an ex-gratia payment on humanitarian grounds.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1067 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Mark Durkan

Andrew George

Mike Hancock

Bob Russell

Subjects

Health and safety

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk