A Mesothelioma Bill is to be placed before Parliament which, if passed, would enable people suffering illness due to exposure to asbestos to make a compensation claim.
The Bill was outlined as part of last week’s Queen’s Speech and will establish a payment scheme for people, including teachers, who cannot trace their employer or their employer’s insurance company, where the employer was responsible for the asbestos exposure.
More than 140 teachers in the UK have died from asbestos-related diseases, including the cancer mesothelioma, in the past 10 years as well as an unknown number of cleaners, administration staff and caretakers, according to a report last year by All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Health and Safety (APPG).
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