Mesothelioma Bill [HL]

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

4: Clause 2, page 1, line 17, leave out “25 July 2012...

My Lords, the amendment stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sherlock. I shall also...

My Lords, the common theme of the amendments in this group is that they increase eligibility with...

My Lords, I support these amendments and I will pick up the important points made by the noble Lo...

My Lords, I support this group of amendments. In the interest of the efficient use of our time I ...

My Lords, I will comment on a number of issues to which these amendments give rise—and they are v...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to these amendments, in particular to support what the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I, too, support these amendments and endorse everything that has been said. On Amendmen...

My noble friend was making the point that for many years insurers got away with not paying compen...

My noble friend makes an extremely important point. In Committee, he made some very telling point...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for these amendments, which all share the same broad aim: to widen ...

The Minister is worried that the employer’s liability insurance will default to the position of l...

I have tried desperately hard not to end up in that position, because the “See you in court” line...

My more fundamental point is that the insurers that sold employer’s liability compulsory insuranc...

I have just made the point that the public liability may have been bundled up with employee liabi...

My Lords, what happens to the wife who has been contaminated by her husband’s dungarees? Will she...

Yes, my Lords. That specifically is what the state provision is there for. In particular, the 200...

I thank the Minister for his response, and all noble Lords who spoke in favour of Amendments 4 an...

I must come in on that. The group—huddle?—of noble Lords who have been working on this Bill have ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that explanation although it is a pity about not being allowe...

I just want to clarify the point about the expectations or otherwise of the insurance industry. F...

Again, I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation, but it seems to me that the expectatio...

Moved by

Lord Freud

7: Clause 2, page 2, line 19, leave out “regulations made by the ...

Moved by

Lord Freud

9: Clause 3, page 2, line 47, leave out “regulations made by the ...

Moved by

Lord Freud

10: Clause 4, page 3, line 4, leave out “regulations made by the ...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

11: Clause 4, page 3, line 4, at end insert “but shal...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 13. Amendment 11 requires that those diagnosed with dif...

My Lords, Amendment 16 is in my name. Again, the common theme is that the amendments in this grou...

My Lords, I shall speak primarily to the lead amendment, to which I have added my name, and retur...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Wigley. When ...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendments in this group and endorse everything that my noble frien...

My Lords, before the Minister replies, I should like to return to a point that came up in Committ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for tabling these amendments. I will start with those relating to t...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in favour of Amendments 11 and 13. Perhaps I ma...

Moved by

Lord Freud

14: Clause 4, page 3, line 5, leave out “regulations” and insert ...