Clause 1
Compensation Bill [Lords]
4:45 pm
Paddy Tipping (PPS (Rt Hon Jack Straw, Lord Privy Seal), Leader of the House of Commons; Sherwood, Labour)
I do not deny that there is that perception, but the reality is different. The number of cases entered before the court is, in fact, dropping. One significant thing about clause 1 is that it works on perceptions of what is happening rather than the reality of what is happening on the ground.