Nick Brown MP

Following Nick’s campaign to get justice for the victims of pleural plaques, the Government is today announcing a package of help for the people diagnosed with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases.
The vast majority of victims of asbestos-related diseases are concentrated in old industrial areas like the North East. Nick has been campaigning to get justice [...]

There was a good result for the campaign on Pleural Plaques last Friday when Parliament backed the first stage of a Private Member’s Bill which would overturn the Law Lords’ decision to deny compensation to people living with the condition.
Nick has been campaigning on this ever since the Law Lords decision two years ago, and the Evening [...]

Nick today spoke at a Parliamentary Lobby run by the GMB union to get justice for the victims of pleural plaques. Nick has repeatedly made the case within Government for the 2007 Law Lords decision that denies compensation to pleural plaques sufferers to be overturned, and earlier this month made a submission to the Government’s conultation on the issue, which you can read here.

The consultation on restoring compensation to pleural plaques victims shuts today, and you can read Nick Brown’s response in full below. Since the consultation was announced at the start of the summer, Nick has been working hard to encourage as many of his constituents as possible to take part, and at present has received over [...]

The Government today announced that it is to hold a public consultation into the House of Lords decision that people living with pleural plaques are no longer eligible for compensation. My interest in this issue goes back a long way.
Before my election to Parliament I worked in Newcastle as the GMB’s legal officer. Our Union took [...]