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Coroners and Justice Bill

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for the course that he has taken. We have shared the concerns to which he referred and consider that the proposals as currently drafted are wide and could capture areas which the Government would not wish to. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, has taken a leading part in dealing with this matter and I hope that when we see the redrawn clauses our concerns will be met. I am pleased to note, for example that the Minister says that damages-based agreements will be restricted to the proceedings in employment tribunals. That is important. I shall also look for whether the concerns have been met of bodies that are not subject to any form of statutory regulation and which deal with third-party claims.