Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Baroness Primarolo Excerpts

Tuesday 17th April 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Djanogly]

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 31.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)]

With this it will be convenient to consider Lords amendment 32, and Government motion to disagree.

[Mr Djanogly]

The Government recognise that mesothelioma is a truly terrible disease—a terminal illness that has a devastating impact on the families of its victims—and we are wholly committed to doing everything we can to help its victims to achieve justice and get the support that they deserve. The Lords amendments seeking to exempt mesothelioma and industrial disease cases from our reforms to no win, no fee agreements in part 2 of the Bill are not the right way to advance the cause of sufferers.