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Workers' Compensation

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the employers he has met to discuss his proposals to make them responsible for compensating their workers who are injured in the course of duty. [150141]

Paul Goggins: Home Office officials from the Victims Unit and the Strategic Policy Team will be meeting the Confederation of British Industries shortly, and are arranging meetings with employers and other parties with an interest in the 'course of duty' proposals set out in the consultation paper 'Compensation and Support for Victims of Crime' published on 12 January.