Civil Liability Bill [Lords]
Debate between Baroness Winterton of Doncaster and Rory Stewart
2nd reading: House of Commons
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Money resolution: House of Commons
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Programme motion: House of Commons
Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Tuesday 4th September 2018
(6 years, 3 months ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate Civil Liability Act 2018 View all Civil Liability Act 2018 Debates Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts Amendment Paper: HL Bill 110-I Marshalled list for Third Reading (PDF, 56KB) - (26 Jun 2018)
Rory Stewart
This is a sincere question. The suggestion made by the hon. Member for Jarrow and a number of others is that the entire profit model of the insurance companies is based on charging big premiums and trying to minimise the number of claims, and that that is how they make money. The suggestion is that the entire Bill is driven by the insurance industry trying to stop anybody making claims. At the same time, perfectly reasonably, you are making the argument that the insurance companies are trying to support claims. How do they—
Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)
Order. Having brought to the attention of the hon. Member for High Peak (Ruth George) that she must not use the word “you”, I hope the Minister will follow suit.