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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

I apologise for arriving late. I was at a meeting of the Backbench Business Committee.

My hon. Friend has just made an important point. This is not about compensation as such; it is about ensuring that employers introduce and abide by regulations that prevent accidents from happening in the first place because they are frightened of having to pay the compensation. That financial disincentive will drive employers to do the right thing in circumstances in which they might not otherwise have done so. This is not about people at work receiving money; it is about people at work not getting hurt and not getting killed.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
561 c229 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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