A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; to provide for a special time limit under the Limitation Act 1980 for actions in respect of personal injury or death following a Covid-19 vaccination; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
12 February 2025
The bill would require the government to provide financial help to people who become disabled after a Covid-19 vaccine and to the families of those who die soon after vaccination. It also asks Parliament to consider creating a no‑fault compensation scheme, including questions about eligibility, caps on payments, and whether payments should be made in all cases where no other reasonable cause is found, and it would set a special time limit for vaccine‑related personal injury or death claims.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the Commons. It would need to progress through further parliamentary stages and obtain approval in the Lords and on to Royal Assent to become law.
Generated 21 February 2026
The dissolution of Parliament took place on Thursday 30 May 2024. All business in the House of Commons and House of Lords has come to an end and this bill will make no further progress.
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