MPs advocating for the victims of medical or legal scandals pointed out that delays mean many die before they see any redress.
MPs have heard calls for a unified scheme to allocate compensation to victims of medical or legal scandals.
Members advocating for the victims of scandals pointed out that delays mean that many die before they see any redress.Mr Foord said the high-profile Post Office Horizon scandal that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted was “but one of a wider problem”. Mr Foord said that delays in victims receiving compensation can also emerge because “each time a scandal emerges the organisation that is responsible for the scandal is often the organisation that is charged with redress”.
He said: “What we need is a standing independent body that could provide consistency for victims of scandals, no matter the sector being activated whenever a new scandal emerges. “And what really sticks in the throat of many victims is the fact that many lawyers are up to get more out of the scheme than the individuals affected.”
Later in the session, Mr Jones added: “What is sad is that we’ve got individuals who are dying before they at least get some redress for all of the harm that’s been done, that cannot be right.”Conservative former minister Sir Christopher Chope said it is not surprising that confidence in British institutions is “rapidly diminishing” in relation to redress schemes.
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