I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for being pleased to see me still in my place. If he looks at the three elements in the Bill’s title—social action, responsibility and heroism—he will see that all are of great importance. However, when it comes to the responsibility piece in particular, which I am talking about now, those who try to do the right thing and take responsible decisions can still sometimes end up on the wrong end of the law. That is where I want to avoid being. I want those who do the right thing—in terms of responsibility, that means employers who go out of their way to have the right standards in their workplace—to feel protected against claims that can sometimes, frankly, be spurious.
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Grayling
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 July 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
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