Yes, my Lords. That specifically is what the state provision is there for. In particular, the 2008 mesothelioma scheme was set up to make payments to people, such as wives, who worked with asbestos. It is a smaller payment but that is what it was designed to do. I ask the noble Lord to withdraw his amendment.
Mesothelioma Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Freud
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Mesothelioma Bill [HL].
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