We are grappling with that pressure as well as delivering on the scheme to existing claimants. As my hon. Friend knows, one of the problems in relation to vibration white finger is the refusal of RJB Mining to accept liability for certain claims applying to periods of service in the company after privatisation. Can my hon. Yes, we are.
Friend speaks with the authority of an ex-miner.
Conservative Members would not recognise a mine if they fell down one. Friend is absolutely right, whether about equal value claims or about the decision which we recently announced that there will now be no claw-back of benefit deductions from compensation paid out to 99 per cent. of claimants. That is yet another move forward that we have made in recent months.