SCOTLAND
BBC News
MSPs have unanimously backed the general principles of a bill to scrap the time bar on survivors of childhood sexual abuse suing for damages.
The Scottish government wants to end the three-year limit on bringing a civil actions in such cases.
The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill has passed its first legislative hurdle at Holyrood.
The justice committee previously heard that the cost of compensation could total at least £200m.
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