HC Deb 07 March 2000 vol 345 cc588-9W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the total payments made to date to each firm of solicitors in South Wales involved in the compensation claims for(a) chest disease and (b) vibration white finger. [112480]

Mrs. Liddell

Payments to firms in South Wales to date are as follows:

£
(a) Chest diseases
Hugh James Ford Simey 15,393,222
Randell Saunders Phillips & Lloyd 45,237
Thompsons (Cardiff) 195,834
Morgan Cole 10,426
Gabb & Co. 1,366
Osborne Jones & Co 940
David W. Harris & Co 353
Leo Abse & Cohen 294
T. S. Edwards 1,058
Thomas & Co 4,230

£
(b) Vibration white finger
Hugh James Ford Simey 2933,988
Randell Saunders Phillips & Lloyd 5,409
Thompsons (Cardiff) 69,697
Gabb & Co 15,843
Osborne Jones & Co 705
Leo Abse & Cohen 14,532
T. S. Edwards 284,310
Thomas & Co 457,839
Robertsons 2,907
Edwards Geldard 1,406
Fonseca & Partners 12,338
Macquillan 1,472
Everett & Tomlin 1,581
1 This includes some £5 million in respect of trial costs
2 This includes some £290,000 in respect of trial costs