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Compensation Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Bridget Prentice (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 July 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills on Compensation Bill (HL).

If I may, I would like to get past the first sentence of my speech. I will give way again shortly. Let me outline the situation. In the 2002 case of Fairchild v. Glenhaven Funeral Services, the House of Lords decided that a person who had contracted mesothelioma after wrongful exposure to asbestos—

Type

Proceeding contribution

Reference

449 c42

Session

2005-06

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Complaints

Compensation

Codes of practice