New Clause 28
Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Kevin Brennan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Cardiff West, Labour)
There are three reasons why I am resisting my hon. Friend’s new clause. I hope that I can also say something at the end on his final point.
First, the current law contained in the Limitation Act 1980, as interpreted by the recent House of Lords ruling in A v. Hoare, already achieves much of what the new clause is designed to achieve. Indeed, the current law is in many ways more generous to claimants. I will write to all members of the Committee to outline my reasons for saying that—