12. Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when the Welsh monitoring group on miners' compensation claims last met; and if he will make a statement. [151059]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyI established the Welsh sub-group of the Coal Health Claims Monitoring Group specifically to address coal health issues in Wales and to report back to the GB-wide group. The Group had its second meeting on 12 February, attended by my hon. Friend the Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe, and again proved extremely constructive. I am convinced that the measures we have discussed, and the actions we have agreed, will further speed up the processing of coal health claims.