PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND GRANT OF PROBATE

Early day motion 348, tabled 18 July 2016 by Alan Meale (Labour). Signed by 39 members.

That this House is concerned about the decision of the Department of Work and Pensions to include a requirement that relatives of deceased mineworkers be required to accompany any application with a Grant of Probate, the purpose of doing so to apparently reduce the overall amount of compensation payable under the Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 to recipients; believes such a practice to be despicable and a direct attack on carers who have devoted much of their lives looking after loved ones terminally damaged by their employment; and calls upon the Government to end forthwith such demeaning practices.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 18, Labour 17, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.