Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 June 1964.
Mr Frank Allaun
, Salford East
12:00,
23 June 1964
Is the Attorney-General aware that this question arises out of the case of a constituent of mine who, having been knocked down by a van and having been off work for a fortnight, accepted £7 from the firm's insurers? Five years later she had to have a leg amputated, with no compensation except an ex gratia payment of £100 from the firm. Has the right hon. and learned Gentleman noted also the case in the Court of Appeal last week where a woman sunbathing in her hotel garden was run over by a car, again without the payment of any damages? Will the Attorney-General examine the 1954 and 1963 Acts and the Davies Commission's recommendations?