13: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
"Contribution to medical research through damages
Where in any action permitted by this Act there is a payment of damages due to the claimant, an amount equal to 50 per cent of those damages shall be deducted for the purposes of research into asbestos-related cancer and paid to such body as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint."
Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Henley
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 5 March 2010.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Bill [HL].
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