Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008

I take that point, but I recall a debate in your Lordships’ House a couple of years ago when one of the committees of the House looked at the question of whether we have a compensation culture. I think that the conclusion was to the contrary. In a sense, this debate is outwith the order, and we can perhaps return to it at some future stage. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for his support and for that of his party. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Brougham and Vaux, who has a strong commitment to health and safety and is very active and engaged in the health and safety stakeholder community. He was right to remind us that this provision was in large measure the handiwork of Sir Bill Callaghan, the retired chair of the commission, and it has been taken up enthusiastically by his successor. I am grateful for the support that we received, and I commend the order. On Question, Motion agreed to.