Liability for Negligence

Part of Orders of the Day — Employer's Liability (Defective Equipment) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 March 1969.

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Photo of Mr Kenneth Lewis Mr Kenneth Lewis , Rutland and Stamford 12:00, 21 March 1969

If the word "negligence" were not in the Bill but an action were still possible, damages would be given on the basis that they arose out of an accident and the word "negligence" would not then be used. If—and this is our case—there is an award of damages which rests on the word "negligence ", it is a good deal worse. I ask the hon. Member to consider the situation with road accidents when——