Committee for Finance and Personnel Report (2007-2011 Mandate)
Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill
The draft Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill will aim to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries; and for connected purposes.
As part of the Committee's scrutiny of the proposed Bill you will find below the written submissions received and research papers commissioned by the Committee.
Written Submissions
- Association of British Insurers Correspondence 9th March 2011
- DFP Response to Committee's Request for Comments on Evidence Received to Date
- DFP Comments on Points Raised in Evidence to Date
- Dr Colin Selby
- Correspondence from Mr Robert Friel 21st February
- Statements from People with Pleural Plaques
- Confederation of British Industries follow up correspondence 26th January 2011
- Correspondence from Mr Robert Friel 9th February 2011
- Correspondence from Mr Robert Friel 15th February 2011
- Kennedys Law
- Kennedys Law Follow up Correspondence 26th January 2011
- Thompson and McClure Solicitors
- Thompson and McClure Solicitors follow up correspondence 31st January 2011
- Association of British Insurers
- Association of British Insurers follow up correspondence 2nd February 2011
- Royal College of Physicians
- Confederation of British Industries
- Association of Personal Injuries Lawyers
- Dr DRT Shepherd 7th January 2009
- Dr DRT Shepherd 2nd September 2010
- British Insurers Brokers’ Association
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Professor Anthony Seaton
- Dr Robin Rudd
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
- Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK
- Committee for Justice
Research Papers
- Pleural Plaques: numbers, costs, and international approaches - 13th October 2010
- Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Bill – 13th January 2011
