EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY SCHEME - ASBESTOS

Early day motion 180, tabled 4 June 2013 by Alan Meale (Labour). Signed by 40 members.

That this House welcomes the Mesothelioma Bill (HL Bill 3) currently before Parliament which seeks to remedy the historic failure of insurance companies to maintain records of employers' liability insurance, which has led to those suffering from long-latent asbestos-related diseases whose employers are no longer trading and who have been unable to trace their insurers going for decades uncompensated; and believes when concluded the Act should contain an employers' liability scheme which would provide an insurance fund of last resort to pay full compensation for all affected by this terrible disease.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 3, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Respect 1.