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Compensation Scheme For Coal Miners And Widows

EDM number 1760 in 1997-98, proposed by Michael Clapham on 12/11/1998.

That this House notes, following a meeting between honourable Members from former coalfield communities and the Minister for Energy on Wednesday 11 November, that the Government has earmarked funds and directed the lawyers involved in the case to overcome, as soon as possible, the remaining obstacles preventing an agreed compensation scheme which can be endorsed by the court for former coal miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and the widows of miners in cases where the disease has contributed to their late husband's death.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Clapham12/11/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourProposed
Ann Clwyd12/11/1998Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Dave Watts12/11/1998St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington12/11/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis12/11/1998Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham12/11/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
John Cummings12/11/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer12/11/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Vernon Coaker12/11/1998GedlingLabourSigned
Eric Clarke12/11/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell12/11/1998Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Rhodri Morgan12/11/1998Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley12/11/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood12/11/1998ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner12/11/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn12/11/1998Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Tom Cox16/11/1998TootingLabourSigned
Peter Bradley16/11/1998Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle17/11/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt17/11/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Audrey Wise17/11/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/11/1998LeighLabourSigned
Denis Murphy17/11/1998WansbeckLabourSigned
Bill Michie17/11/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon17/11/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp17/11/1998Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones17/11/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Peter Pike18/11/1998BurnleyLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar18/11/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Martin Caton18/11/1998GowerLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin18/11/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg18/11/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
David Taylor18/11/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Williams18/11/1998Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned

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