Miners' Compensation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 22 Mawrth 2001.

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Photo of Mr Bill Michie Mr Bill Michie Llafur, Sheffield, Heeley 12:00, 22 Mawrth 2001

I thank my hon. Friend for that reply and for the work that he is doing to increase the speed with which compensation is paid out. He will be aware that 139,000 cases are still waiting to be dealt with, and that more cases are still coming in than are being completed. He will also know that it will be a long time before those claims are completed. We had another meeting with IRISC this week and were given further suggestions on how to speed things up. Will he again visit IRISC to see what help he can provide in that respect?