EQUITABLE LIFE COMPENSATION (No. 3)

Early day motion 1491, tabled 14 May 2009 by John Barrett (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 45 members.

That this House notes that the collapse of Equitable Life affected more than one million people; further notes that an estimated 32,000 people have died while waiting for just compensation; welcomes the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recent report Injustice Unremedied: The Government's Response to Equitable Life; accepts the report's findings that the Government's response was unsatisfactory; strongly supports the Ombudsman's previous recommendation for the establishment of a just compensation scheme; and calls for the Government to accept immediately all of the findings of the Ombudsman's original report.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 19, Labour 11, Conservative 4, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.