Apr/100
Police Investigation into Miners Settlements
The multibillion-pound compensation scheme for Vibration white finger claims and Miners knee claims was set up by the Government in 1999 and has paid out to tens of thousands of miners suffering from chronic lung disease and vibration white finger.
The probe centred on the Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) which broke away from the National Union of Mineworkers during the bitter year-long miners’ strike in 1984.
The Nottinghamshire-based UDM, which had around 1,300 members at the time the probe was launched, was dealing with claims for compensation on behalf of miners whose health suffered from working down pits.
At the time the investigation was announced Labour MP John Mann (Bassetlaw) said he was delighted police were investigating the claims. He had waged a long-running campaign to highlight alleged abuses of the miners’ compensation scheme.
Mr Mann claimed millions of pounds had been paid to solicitors involved in dealing with compensation claims which he believed should have gone to miners.
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Mar/101
Latest News on Miners Knee and Vibration White Finger
A debate for miners knee was held in Westminister Hall last week. It was suggested by Michael Clapham MP for Barnsley West that the government should undertake a no fault liabilty scheme for miners knee like that of Vibration White Finger and COPD, MR Clapham argued that those diagnosed with miners knee should be able entitled to a lump sum based on their age and the degree their disbaility has affected them. Mr Clapham believed that this would eradicate the need for ‘protracted legal process’ concluding the issue fairly and efficiently he went on to say that this alternative was more cost effective than running an expensive court case.
Although Mr Claphams reasoning behind his policy was supported by many the Energy and Climate Change Minister David Kidney raised concerns regarding the scheme stating that having one blanket system of assessing claims would result not be suitable in miners knee cases as the sufferers illness was far more varied than other industrial injuries. Mr Kidney believed that tailoring a court case specifically to each claim was the best way of achieving clarity when assessing compensation claims.
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