Windrush Compensation Scheme Debate

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Department: Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

Jo Stevens Excerpts
Wednesday 3rd April 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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The hon. Gentleman will be well aware that we regularly supply a letter to the Select Committee containing much information on the scheme, and I will take his suggestion into account.

Jo Stevens Portrait Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central) (Lab)
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Many, many victims of this tragedy will be pulling together complex cases involving heads of loss across many areas. Will legal aid be available to those who need it?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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We are looking carefully into what kind of support is needed, because some cases will be less complex. In the kind of complex case suggested by the hon. Lady, we want to make sure that people have help, if they need it, to put their case together. We want to make sure that no one is denied justice and that people can make a proper claim.