Written question asked by Lord Mann (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 December 2003. It was answered by Nigel Griffiths (Labour) on Thursday, 18 December 2003 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking in relation to (a) solicitors who additionally charge their clients for undertaking their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vibration white finger claims and (b) the recovery of money paid by such claimants to their solicitors.

Answer: John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department is taking in relation to (a) solicitors who additionally charge their clients for undertaking their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vibration white finger claims and (b) the recovery of money paid by such claimants to their solicitors. [143807] Nigel Griffiths: I believe that 100 per cent. of compensation should go to the claimants and I am writing all the solicitors and claims handlers who are processing claims under the health schemes asking them to re-pay any money taken from claimants' compensation on top of the costs paid by the DTI.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 415 c1053W;415 c1046-7W; 143807
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Complaints Compensation Bronchitis Legal costs Industrial diseases Emphysema Mining Solicitors Hand arm vibration syndrome Respiratory diseases
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