Along with aiming to reform the child support maintenance system, The United Kingdom’s Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill contains provisions to extend compensation to all people suffering from mesothelioma. The bill provides a way to make lump sum payments to all people suffering from mesothelioma, regardless of how they were exposed to it, within six weeks of them making a claim. People who cannot currently claim would include secondary victims of asbestos, such as spouses and children who were exposed to asbestos through clothing.

The bill is believed to be enacted in October 2008 and will front financial support to those who are unfortunate enough to develop mesothelioma but would not be eligible for payment currently under the 1979 Pneumoconiosis (Workers Compensation) Act or for Industrial Injuries Disablement.

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