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Bereavement Payments

EDM number 1315 in 2006-07, proposed by David Anderson on 20/04/2007.

That this House notes with concern the unacceptable difference between bereavement payments paid to families of those who have died of asbestos related diseases in Scotland compared with England and Wales; recognises that the difference is because of the fact that in Scotland individual cases are decided in court, whilst in England and Wales they are capped under the terms of the Fatal Accident Act 1976; realises that the compensation paid can be as much as seven times greater in Scotland; understands that the compensation in England and Wales is limited to surviving spouses, whilst in Scotland it is paid, quite rightly, to wider family members; and urges the Government to act swiftly to ensure that those suffering from this deadly disease have the same rights in England and Wales as they do in Scotland, including the right to settle their claim for full compensation during their own lifetime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Anderson20/04/2007BlaydonLabourProposed
Michael Clapham20/04/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley23/04/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Andrew Dismore23/04/2007HendonLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones23/04/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Taylor23/04/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer23/04/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing24/04/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin24/04/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
John Cummings24/04/2007EasingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/04/2007GowerLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd24/04/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lindsay Hoyle24/04/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Greg Pope24/04/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Alan Meale24/04/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/04/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/04/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan25/04/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ronnie Campbell25/04/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty25/04/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/04/2007TamworthLabourSigned
David Simpson25/04/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Nigel Evans26/04/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
John Leech26/04/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew27/04/2007StroudLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt30/04/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Betty Williams30/04/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Hywel Francis30/04/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis30/04/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Paul Flynn30/04/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber30/04/2007Amber ValleyLabourSigned
David Clelland30/04/2007Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Alan Simpson01/05/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/05/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris Ruane02/05/2007Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds02/05/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington02/05/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Hamilton02/05/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Rudi Vis02/05/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Derek Conway08/05/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Michael Jabez Foster08/05/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Jo Swinson08/05/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming09/05/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Fraser Kemp10/05/2007Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Nick Harvey14/05/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd12/06/2007Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews18/06/2007MedwayLabourSigned
Eric Illsley20/06/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson25/06/2007Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Frank Doran28/06/2007Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser03/07/2007DoverLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/07/2007JarrowLabourSigned
Natascha Engel04/07/2007North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Martin Linton05/07/2007BatterseaLabourSigned
David Winnick05/07/2007Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott12/07/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff16/07/2007Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Lynda Waltho16/07/2007StourbridgeLabourSigned
Frank Cook08/10/2007Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Julie Morgan15/10/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Paul Rowen29/10/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned

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