HC Deb 11 January 2001 vol 360 c591W
Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what provisions he will make to speed up compensation claims for former distant water trawlermen who are suffering from serious ill health. [144755]

Mr. Alan Johnson

Processing staff aim to give priority attention wherever possible to claims in cases where they are aware that the claimant is seriously ill.