ACTION MESOTHELIOMA 2007 CAMPAIGN

That this House welcomes the Mesothelioma Framework launched on Action Mesothelioma Day, 27th February 2007, and urges the NHS to implement the guidelines as soon as possible; regrets that 37 per cent. of the British public are unaware that exposure to asbestos can cause cancer and that 65 per cent. have never heard of mesothelioma; further regrets that bereaved families report that legal procedures followed by the coroner constitute a distressing chain of events at an extremely difficult time; and welcomes the recommendations contained in the British Lung Foundation report An Unnatural Death for aiming to make this process more sympathetic to the relatives left behind.