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date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his article of 2 June 2014 on the Conservative Home website, what the evidential basis is for his statement that time and again we see stories of a jobsworth culture or a legalistic culture that seems to stop common sense in its tracks.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	206496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>I have spoken to many business groups and employers who tell me about how the compensation culture is tying their business in knots. Employers often do the right thing, put sensible safety procedures in place, and then someone does something daft and the employer still finds himself facing a negligence claim. The Bill should reassure employers and others that the courts will always consider the context of their actions before making a decision on liability. It should also deter claimants from bringing unfounded claims in the first place thereby helping to reduce insurance premiums. We have published an impact assessment at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-action-responsibility-and-heroism-bill#impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-action-responsibility-and-heroism-bill#impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 206449 206453 question first answered 30/07/2014 15:42:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

78783

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the bringing into force of the provisions of the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill will lead to fewer successful claims for damages under the current negligence laws.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	206449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>I have spoken to many business groups and employers who tell me about how the compensation culture is tying their business in knots. Employers often do the right thing, put sensible safety procedures in place, and then someone does something daft and the employer still finds himself facing a negligence claim. The Bill should reassure employers and others that the courts will always consider the context of their actions before making a decision on liability. It should also deter claimants from bringing unfounded claims in the first place thereby helping to reduce insurance premiums. We have published an impact assessment at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-action-responsibility-and-heroism-bill#impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-action-responsibility-and-heroism-bill#impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 206453 206496 question first answered 30/07/2014 15:42:37 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

78784

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction in insurance premiums as a result of the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	206453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>I have spoken to many business groups and employers who tell me about how the compensation culture is tying their business in knots. Employers often do the right thing, put sensible safety procedures in place, and then someone does something daft and the employer still finds himself facing a negligence claim. The Bill should reassure employers and others that the courts will always consider the context of their actions before making a decision on liability. It should also deter claimants from bringing unfounded claims in the first place thereby helping to reduce insurance premiums. We have published an impact assessment at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-action-responsibility-and-heroism-bill#impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-action-responsibility-and-heroism-bill#impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 206449 206496 question first answered 30/07/2014 15:42:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

78786

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Spalding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people who will be resident 15 or more miles away from their nearest magistrates' court as a result of the closure of Spalding magistrates' courts.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	206417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2014 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service published a six-week consultation on the future of Spalding Magistrates’ Court on 1 July 2014 with an accompanying Impact Assessment. This court has been unoccupied and unused since January 2014. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has received no complaints from witnesses or parties travelling to other courts since this time.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>The consultation, which closes on 12 August 2014, provides all court users with the opportunity to raise any concerns they may have about the proposals, including the impact the potential closure could have on travel distances.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Lord Chancellor will take into account all responses before any decision is made on the future of the court.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/07/2014 12:08:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter