I thought I had responded to the amendment. I was saying to the noble Earl—perhaps I should have been looking at the noble Lord—that the amendment would rule out those cases where individuals say, ““I am sorry I ran into the back of your car. I was listening to the cricket””. We find that unacceptable for the obvious reasons. I apologise if I was not responding appropriately.
One of the great joys of doing a Bill, and something that is a personal privilege, is that I get to learn about something new. In the Higher Education Bill, I had the great good fortune to be opposite the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, and I learnt about fishing. Clearly with the arrival of the noble Lord, Lord Greenway, the treat that I have in store is sailing, about which I know absolutely nothing, but I fear I will by the end of the Bill. I am extremely grateful to him, because it is one of the nice side benefits of doing these Bills.
Compensation Bill [HL]
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Baroness Ashton of Upholland
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 20 December 2005.
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Committee proceeding on Compensation Bill [HL].
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