Civil Liability Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting) Debate

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Civil Liability Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)

Lloyd Russell-Moyle Excerpts
Committee Debate: 2nd sitting: House of Commons
Tuesday 11th September 2018

(5 years, 7 months ago)

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The Government’s figure, with which I started my contribution, has gone from £50 in November to £15 to £35 now, with the insurance companies themselves saying that £35 may or may not be achievable. “May or may not” is quite a loose phrase; “may or may not” means we do not yet know what the figure is. I would like to know from the Minister not just what we are going to find out on 1 April 2024: whenever this legislation is enacted, there will be a period between then and 1 April 2024. My hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield’s proposal says we should look at the figures earlier than 2024. I would like to know what the insurance companies are saving in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023—and, indeed, in 2024.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown) (Lab/Co-op)
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Is it not the case that the best time for an assessment to be made would be in the first year following the changes—not years down the line?