Part of Civil Liability Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:15 pm on 11 September 2018.
I beg to move amendment 7, in clause 14, page 16, line 6, leave out subsection (2).
This amendment removes the privilege amendment inserted by the Lords.
The amendment is procedural. It is a privilege amendment that changes subsection (2) of the short title. The House of Lords has said that nothing in the Act shall impose any charge on the people or on the public funds. Bringing it to the House of Commons means the Ministry of Justice should be liable for any charges to the funds. The House of Commons is able to take on the terms of the fund. This is a normal procedural amendment for when something comes from the House of Lords to the House of Commons, so we ask that Government amendment 7 is accepted.