Compensation For Miners With Knee Injuries (EDM1485)

Compensation For Miners With Knee Injuries

EDM number 1485 in 2006-07, proposed by Elfyn Llwyd on 16/05/2007.

That this House calls on the Government to acknowledge the suffering of thousands of coal miners, due to crippling knee injuries, such as cartilage damage and osteoarthritis, as a result of their work in the mines; and further calls on the Department of Trade and Industry to take steps to reduce the length and cost of the legal process for miners claiming compensation by agreeing to enter into realistic mediation talks with a view to achieving a fair settlement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Elfyn Llwyd	16/05/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Proposed
Adam Price	16/05/2007	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Hywel Williams	16/05/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Mark Durkan	16/05/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Jeff Ennis	17/05/2007	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	17/05/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	17/05/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	17/05/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	17/05/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Anderson	18/05/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	18/05/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/05/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	21/05/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	23/05/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/05/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	23/05/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Edward O'Hara	24/05/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	05/06/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/06/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/06/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/06/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/06/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Mark Williams	13/06/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	25/07/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	Unknown			Withdrawn

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