The Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group have launched an on-line petition here.The petition reads as follows:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Support the aims of the Daily Mirror's Asbestos Timebomb campaign.
"We urge the Prime Minister to work towards implementing the five campaign demands.
These are:
- A £10 million National Centre for Asbestos Related Disease to find better treatment, alleviate suffering and find a cure for mesothelioma.
- Compensation reinstated for victims of “pleural plaques” (scars on lungs caused by asbestos) after it was scrapped two years ago.
- Fair and equal compensation for asbestos disease sufferers who can’t trace the insurers of the boses who exposed them, through a new Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau paid for by the insurance industry.
- A public register of all asbestos surveys carried out on public buildings.
- The Health and Safety Executive must be given the resources to meet its own targets for inspecting asbestos removal work."
