Civil Liability Bill [HL]

My Lords, I shall speak to all the government amendments in the name of my noble and learned frie...

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, leave out subsection ...

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

2A: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, leave out second “the person” a...

Amendment 2A is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Young of Norwood Green who, sadly, ca...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the noble Lord and appreciate the change he would like to ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. One of the reasons for tabling the ...

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 10, leave out subsection...

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

4: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause...

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

5: Clause 2, page 2, line 29, after “injury” inser...

Moved by

Lord Woolf

6: Clause 2, page 2, line 30, leave out “two years” and insert “t...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and the noble Lords, Lord Beecham and Lor...

My Lords, we share the Government’s objective of reducing fraudulent whiplash claims, but we do n...

Will the noble Lord also observe that this clause is only permissive and does not require the Lor...

My Lords, I am very grateful for that intervention, which is absolutely right. The point about an...

My Lords, I shall comment on an amendment that has not been spoken to—Amendment 12, which I think...

My Lords, it is a great comfort to hear the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, say that he agrees wit...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, particularly those in respect of the...

My noble friend Lord Kinnoull referred to “jurisprudential purity”. I would prefer to describe it...

My Lords, I confess to having found this group of amendments rather difficult. As I observed in C...

My Lords, this group contains 18 amendments, of varying importance. I declare my interest as havi...

My Lords, I repeat my declaration of interests made at previous stages of the Bill. The noble and...

My Lords—

My Lords, I have some trepidation in speaking before a former Lord Chancellor does, but perhaps w...

My Lords, I will speak primarily about the amendments that my noble and learned friend Lord Woolf...

My Lords, I have spoken at every stage of the Bill and I first thank the Minister for his time di...

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 18, in the name of the noble and learned L...

My Lords, I refer to my interest as an unpaid consultant to my former legal practice. A distingui...

I am obliged to noble Lords for their contributions. I will speak to Amendment 6 and to Amendment...

My Lords, we have had a good debate and all the points have been explored, so I shall not detain ...

If Amendment 10 had been agreed, I would not have been able to call Amendments 11 or 11A by reaso...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

11: Clause 2, page 2, line 35, after “injury” insert “or i...

If Amendment 11A had been agreed, I would not have been able to call Amendments 12 to 17A by reas...

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

13: Clause 2, page 2, line 38, after “injury” insert “or i...

Moved by

Lord Woolf

18: Clause 2, leave out Clause 2

My Lords, I beg to move.

Moved by

Lord Keen of Elie

19: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—