Compensation Recovery Unit Of The Dss (No. 2)

EDM number 912 in 1994-95, proposed by Tony Worthington on 28/03/1995.

That this House calls on the Government to carry out an urgent investigation into the impact of the Compensation Recovery Unit on victims of accident, illness and disease; is appalled that one person, with a spinal complaint, has had to pay back over ú84,000 in benefit to the DSS; is disturbed that about 700 people will have to pay back over ú25,000 each in benefits this year; finds immoral the fact that the Government confiscates money which has been awarded to cope with pain and suffering; notes that more and more people are being forced to accept only ú2,500, the maximum that can be kept without confiscation by the DSS; draws attention to the fact that this penalises the victim and subsidises the negligent, culpable employer and others; applauds the campaigns of the TUC, STUC and Clydeside Action on Asbestos; and calls for parliamentary time to be made available for the honourable Member for Thurrock's Workplace Injuries Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 170 MPs.