Compensation Bill [Lords]

Returning to mesothelioma, I had a very sympathetic response from the Prime Minister at Question Time yesterday, and I appreciate the Minister’s remarks. I note that the Bill’s long title talks about specifying"““certain factors that may be taken into account by a court determining a claim in negligence””" and that Lord Rodgers in his strong dissenting judgment identified precisely the factor that was wrong in the Lords judgment in making liabilities several rather than joint and several, so I would have thought that it was perfectly possible to amend the Bill. Will the Minister let us know sufficiently early how the Government intend to proceed so that Members may decide whether we want to table amendments, if appropriate?