Chris Chope Secures Progress on Covid19 Vaccine Compensation Payouts
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
I thank my hon. Friend for seeing me on Monday to discuss my Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill. I thank her for telling me that responsibility for vaccine damage is being transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to her Department with effect from 1 November and that there will be an eightfold increase in the staff dealing with those claims for vaccine damage payments, which shows that the Government are taking this issue seriously. Does she also accept that one way of reducing the number of 4.7 million people who have not had a vaccine is to increase vaccine confidence—this is what has happened in other jurisdictions, such as Australia—by ensuring that vaccine damage payments are available on a no-fault liability basis?
Maggie Throup The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
As my hon. Friend said, we had constructive discussions on Monday. I am taking the issue seriously and looking into it further.
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