Civil Liability Bill [HL]

My Lords, Amendment 92 in this group would require the Lord Chancellor to carry out a review of t...

My Lords, in supporting Amendment 55, I will speak also to Amendment 92A. I declare my interests ...

My Lords, we have had great help on this subject in the preceding speeches. Perhaps I should begi...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf. We very much l...

My Lords, I too welcome the engagement and interest of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, in...

My Lords, I want to draw attention to one or two other passages in the Government’s response, to ...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee that I was not here for the first 90 seconds of what the n...

My Lords, I am very interested and concerned in this matter because I was very concerned about it...

There is an answer to the problem that the noble and learned Lord raises. It might have implicati...

My Lords, I am obliged to my noble friend Lord Hodgson for setting out the background to this mat...

Before my noble and learned friend sits down, I understood the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf...

We do not have that in mind. One of the concerns about such a proposal is the impact it would hav...

My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend for that extensive reply and other noble Lords for ...

In response to my noble friend Lord Hodgson, and a point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, ...

Moved by

Lord Faulks

56: Clause 8, page 7, line 34, at end insert—

“( ) In deci...

My Lords, I begin with my declaration of interest, one I gave in Committee and at Second Reading....

My Lords, I will speak extremely briefly on Amendment 57. This is merely a drafting suggestion on...

My Lords, I have Amendment 57A in this group, which would add the anticipated scale or amount of ...

My Lords, I apologise for not having been able to speak at Second Reading. I will briefly interve...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, referred at Second Reading to Clause 8(3) and ...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 56 I will speak also to Amendments 57 and 57A.

Amendment...

I am very grateful to all those who took part in the debate and to the Minister for her informati...

Moved by

The Earl of Kinnoull

58: Clause 8, page 8, line 12, leave out “within the 90...

My Lords, Amendment 58 and the others to which I will speak would alter the timing of the review ...

I must advise noble Lords that if Amendment 58 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 59 and 60 b...

My Lords, my amendment is Amendment 59. Everything that I would have said has been said very well...

My Lords, we have Amendments 60, 64, 67, 68 and 71 in this group. They all have the same purpose....

My Lords, if we are to establish an expert panel for the review, and the Lord Chancellor has not ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register, particularly as a partner in the glob...

My Lords, I simply wish to confirm that we on this side agree with what noble Lords have suggeste...

My Lords, I believe that we are as one in our desire to see these provisions brought into force a...

My Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this short debate—only 22 minutes, but we have...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

61: Clause 8, page 8, line 14, leave out “wit...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 61 and speak to Amendments 65, 69, 86, 90 and 91, which are co...

I must advise your Lordships that if the amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 62 for r...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 91, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, which is in thi...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson. A standing panel would be a great advantage to ...

I have in this group Amendments 74, 87 and 88. Amendment 74 is a probing amendment. It provides t...

My Lords, the question of whether this should be a political decision or one taken by the panel i...

My Lords, the Act which this Bill amends gave the Lord Chancellor this power. I suppose that, at ...

My Lords, perhaps I may add a footnote to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, in favou...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group. They are fallback amendments, because noble Lords ...

Was the noble Lord speaking to Amendment 77 or to Amendment 74?

I was speaking to Amendments 74, 77 and 84.

In that case, I shall speak in support of Amendment 77 and cover Amendments 82A, 85A and 90A, whi...

My Lords, I want to say just one thing about the nature of the Lord Chancellor’s judgment in this...

My Lords, I begin by acknowledging the point made by my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of C...

The Minister talks about the consultation and the preferences expressed there. As I think I menti...

I acknowledge that. As I said, the greatest number of responses were in support of that particula...

I simply observe that I do not think lawyers have an exclusive right to exercise and run conflict...

Generally speaking, they are alternative arguments.

Amendment 77 would add an obligation on...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this wide-ranging debate. Perha...

Moved by

Lord Faulks

62: Clause 8, page 8, line 15, leave out “3” and insert “5”

My Lords, we have had a debate effectively asking the Government to get on with the process of fi...

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly to Amendments 72, 73 and 75. Essentially, the points I made ...

Does the noble Earl not accept that there is a risk that if there is such a frequent review, thos...

I am sorry if I have confused the noble Lord. I am merely saying that once the review has been sp...

I am not really persuaded by the logic of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Faulks. It is not...

May I help the noble Lord? When you are coming up to a review period, whenever that is—whether of...

Yes, but if you bring your case a year or two before a review, whether it is a three-year or a fi...

My Lords, the amendments in the group alter how often reviews of the rate take place and shorten ...

I am grateful, or fairly grateful, to all noble Lords who spoke in this debate. I am sorry that t...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

78: Clause 8, page 9, line 21, leave out “, in the op...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 78 and shall speak to our other amendments in the group: Amendm...

My Lords, I was about to warmly welcome the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, to our Bill until he descr...

I have one point to add to the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, on the effect of the dif...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 80 and 81 in my name. I congratulate the noble Lord,...

My Lords, we are dealing with sensitive issues here. Nobody wants claimants to get a raw deal, bu...

My Lords, I will briefly support the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, in what she just...

I am obliged to all noble Lords for their contributions. The noble Lord, Lord McKenzie of Luton, ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very detailed reply and all other noble Lords who have sp...

I do not know whether the noble Lord wants me to respond to that but I will, very briefly, if I m...

My Lords, in practice, when these cases come before a court, particularly where there is a party ...

I am grateful to the Minister and to the noble Lord for that education and further information. I...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

89: Clause 8, page 10, line 36, at end insert...

My Lords, this is another “hurry up and get this thing done” amendment, as we discussed extensive...

My Lords, we support the thrust of this amendment. Matters would have been helped had there been ...

My Lords, Amendment 89 would allow the Lord Chancellor to establish a panel informally before the...

I am grateful to my noble friend, but I am less reassured—my horse has got up and started moving ...