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Compensation Bill [Lords]

The Minister will recall that in Committee we had a fairly extensive debate about whether we should change clause 2 so that instead of referring to"““An apology, an offer of treatment or other redress””" it would have referred to, ““An apology, an offer of, or provision of, treatment or other redress””. At the time, I had the impression that she was going to accept that amendment on Report, yet the Government did not table it, nor was the matter discussed during the proceedings that we have just completed. Why did the Government take that decision? Can the Minister assure people who, for example, offer treatment in a situation where an accident victim is incapacitated that they will not automatically leave themselves open to some kind of litigation?