This point was put to Work and Pensions
Minister Lord Freud in the House of Lords who denied there is a “cosy
relationship between Government and the insurance industry” recently telling
members of the House of Lords that he talks regularly to victims’ groups and
lawyers.
The denial came after the Lord
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds asked the Minister what part “sufferers themselves,
their relatives and support groups will play in managing what sometimes comes
over as an agreement and arrangement between Government and insurance
agencies”. Lord Wills, a former Justice
Minister, asked the Minister if he recognised “the deep sense of injustice felt
by so many that the insurers are refusing to pay 100% of all claims to all
those who are entitled to them?” in a debate about the Mesothelioma Bill in the
House of Lords.
Of course the
Prime Minister himself posted a cosy meeting with just insurance
representatives in February 2012, inviting representatives from the Royal Bank
of Scotland, Admiral, AXA, Aviva and Zurich Financial Services but no claimant
lawyers group were present!
Perhaps you
should be the judge......
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