Clause 5
Compensation Bill [Lords]
4:30 pm
Paddy Tipping (PPS (Rt Hon Jack Straw, Lord Privy Seal), Leader of the House of Commons; Sherwood, Labour)
That is the point. Vendside acts as a claims handler, not as a trade union. It is distinct, and it will come under the legislation of claims handlers. Where trade unions act properly and legitimately as trade unions within the code of practice, they should be exempt. But if, like Vendside, they are claims handlers, they will be subject to the regulator.