Clause 2 - Statements of Inherent Risk
Promotion of Volunteering Bill
10:30 am
Ms Fiona Mactaggart (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Race Equality, Community Policy and Civil Renewal), Home Office; Slough, Labour)
Absolutely. I understand that that is what people want out of this, but frankly, that is not what legislation is for. If the problem is misperception, we must deal with it. We should not create legislation that allows negligence, but it is my contention that that is what the Bill does. I do not believe that any hon. Member in this Committee would like to allow negligence, but that is what it does in practice in order to deal with an issue of perception. Hon. Members are right that we must deal with the issue of perception.