Extract from Commons Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 - Feb 25
Wednesday, 26 February 2020 08:53
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Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West) (Lab):...Some 86% of schools
contain asbestos, according to a 2015 study. The material was
typically used in buildings between the 1940s and 1970s. Experts
say that it is a greater health risk as it gets older and starts to
degrade. According to the National Education Union at
least 319 teachers have died from mesothelioma since 1980, 205 of
whom have died since 2001... To read the whole debate, CLICK
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