Pleural plaques ruling 'close'
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A decision on whether to compensate pleural plaques sufferers in England and Wales is not far off, a minister has said during a reading of a Bill on the issue.
Michael Willis, Ministry of Justice minister of state, spoke in the second reading of a Bill aimed at overturning the Lords ruling that pleural plaques are not compensatable. After the reading Mr Wills said there should be no doubt about Government determination to resolve the issue.
A final solution to the matter was not far off and the second reading was another step forward, said Mr Wills. "It is not the final resolution, but we are not far off that stage," he said after the reading of the Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (No.2) Bill in the House of Commons.
The issue affected every aspect of many of the lives of MPs' constituents and the Government had been hugely active in trying to solve it, he added.