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The Government has said that it will challenge a Law Lords ruling on the amount of compensation payable to victims of an asbestos-related disease.

In May the House of Lords ruled that widows of men who had died form an asbestos-related disease would not be able to receive full compensation.

They made the ruling after considering the case of Barker - a widow whose husband died after exposure to asbestosas a steelworker.

The ruling affects thousands of widows whose husbands died will have to wait longer for compensation, and will be entitled to less.

Specialist asbestos solicitor Adrian Budgen said:

"We thoroughly welcome the Prime Minister's comments. The Barker Judgment from the House of Lords punishes the Cancer sufferer, whilst saving money for negligent companies and their insurers."

Mesothelioma is a fatal cancer of the lung lining which develops as a result of inhaling asbestos dust.

Mesothelioma can take between ten and sixty years to develop after exposure to asbestos.

Many men who worked in dockyards in the sixties developed mesothelioma in later life as a result of exposure to asbestos.

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