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Compensation Bill [Lords]

I know that this is not popular in the Cambridge law faculty, but we can deal with the problem by accepting a clause that declares what the law is and advertising widely what its effect will be. According to the Better Regulation Task Force, tort costs in the UK, as the hon. Gentleman said, are low compared with those in other countries. The Law Society, the Country Land and Business Association and others say:"““The fact is, Britain spends less on compensation than almost any other industrialised country…the number of accident claims had remained static and in fact fell last year”” ."