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    Unified compensation scheme needed for victims of scandals, MPs told

    by Claudia Savage Apr 18, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    MPs have heard calls for a unified scheme to allocate compensation to victims of medical or legal scandals.

    During a back bench business debate, Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord (Tiverton and Honiton) called for “redress schemes that are effective, timely, proportionate and fair”.

    MPs from across the House raised the delays and problems with compensation in a number of miscarriages of justice, including the Post Office Horizon scandal, the infected blood scandal, the scandal, and pension

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