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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 10 December 2013

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Mesothelioma Bill [Lords]


 

[First and second SITTINGs]


 

Mike Penning

 

Agreed to

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 10

 

December) meet—

 

(a)  

at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 10 December;

 

(b)  

at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 12 December;

 

(c)  

at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 17 December;

 

(2)  

the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 11;

 

Schedule 1; Clause 12; Schedule 2; Clauses 13 to 21; new Clauses; new

 

Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill; and

 

(3)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 17 December.

 


 

Mike Penning

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Agreed to

 


 

Stephen Phillips

 

Withdrawn  13

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  3,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not selected  60

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  after ‘Mesothelioma’, insert ‘Pleural Plaques’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 December 2013        

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Mesothelioma Bill-[Lords] , continued

 
 

Paul Goggins

 

Withdrawn  55

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert ‘; and for funding research into mesothelioma

 

(through the research supplement under section [Research supplement]).’.

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not selected  61

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end add ‘and

 

(c)    

people with pleural plaques.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Withdrawn  62

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  15,  leave out ‘25 July 2012’ and insert ‘4 April 1979’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not moved  2

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  15,  leave out ‘25 July 2012’ and insert ‘10 February 2010’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Negatived on division  3

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out ‘and is not eligible to receive a specified

 

payment’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not moved  4

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  after subsection (e) insert—

 

‘(f)    

save as provided in (g) below, the application is made within three years

 

of being first diagnosed, and

 

(g)    

for those persons first diagnosed on or after 25 July 2012, but before this

 

Act comes into force, the three year time limit in section 2(1)(f) shall

 

commence on the date this Act is brought into force.’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Withdrawn  14

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  6,  at end insert “‘insurer” includes any entity which has

 

succeeded to the liabilities of the insurer with whom a relevant employer maintained

 

employers’ liability insurance at the time of a person’s exposure to asbestos;’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Not moved  15

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  15,  at end insert ‘and includes a successor in title to any such

 

employer’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 December 2013        

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Mesothelioma Bill-[Lords] , continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not moved  5

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  35,  after subsection (d) insert—

 

‘(e)    

save as provided in (f) below, the application is made within three years

 

of the death of the person with the disease, and

 

(f)    

for those persons who died on or after 25 July 2012, but before this Act

 

comes into force, the three year time limit in section 3(1)(e) shall

 

commence on the date this Act is brought into force.’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Withdrawn  16

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  39,  leave out ‘assume’ and insert ‘it is to be assumed’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not moved  6

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  44,  leave out ‘25 July 2012’ and insert ‘10 February 2010’.

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not moved  64

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  44,  leave out ‘25 July 2012’ and insert ‘4 April 1979’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Not moved  17

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  45,  leave out ‘assume’ and insert ‘it is to be assumed’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Not moved  18

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  48,  at end insert “‘insurer” includes any entity which has

 

succeeded to the liabilities of the insurer with whom a relevant employer maintained

 

employers’ liability insurance at the time of a person’s exposure to asbestos;’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Withdrawn  19

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  48,  at end insert—

 

“‘relevant employer” means an employer who, at the time of the person’s

 

exposure to asbestos—

 

(a)    

was required by the compulsory insurance legislation to maintain

 

insurance covering any liability arising because of the exposure

 

to asbestos, or

 

(b)    

would have been required by the compulsory insurance

 

legislation to maintain insurance covering any liability arising

 

because of the exposure to asbestos if the legislation had been in

 

force at that time; and

 

(c)    

includes a successor in title to any such employer.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 December 2013        

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Mesothelioma Bill-[Lords] , continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Negatived on division  7

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  4,  at end insert ‘but shall not be less than 90 per cent of the

 

average civil compensation recovered by mesothelioma claimants.’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Withdrawn  8

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  4,  at end insert ‘and shall be met by a levy on insurers of not

 

less than 3 per cent of Gross Written Premium during any given period’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not moved  9

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Secretary of State shall provide for there to be an annual independent

 

assessment of the average amount of civil compensation recovered by

 

mesothelioma claimants, and of payments made under the scheme, and for there

 

to be a report thereon laid before each House of Parliament.’.

 

Ian Lavery

 

Not moved  12

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  4,  at end insert ‘but shall not be less than 100 per cent. of the

 

average civil compensation recovered by mesothelioma claimants.’.

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not moved  66

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  4,  at end insert ‘but shall not be less than 100 per cent of the

 

average damages recovered in civil mesothelioma cases.’.

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not moved  67

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  4,  at end insert ‘but shall not be less than 110 per cent of the

 

average damages recovered in civil mesothelioma cases.’.

 

Stephen Phillips

 

Not moved  20

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  5,  at end insert ‘but shall not be less than the average

 

damages which a person diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma would recover against a

 

relevant employer who had negligently or in breach of statutory duty caused or permitted

 

that person to be exposed to asbestos.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 10 December 2013        

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Mesothelioma Bill-[Lords] , continued

 
 

Stephen Phillips

 

Not moved  21

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  5,  at end insert ‘but shall not be less than 80 per cent. of the

 

average damages which a person diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma would recover

 

against a relevant employer who had negligently or in breach of statutory duty caused or

 

permitted that person to be exposed to asbestos.’.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am


 
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