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Civil Liability Bill: Estimated Timings in the Commons

20/07/2018

The Civil Liability Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 28 June following a fairly swift (if not entirely smooth) passage through the House of Lords. We of course also now know that the Government target date for the implementation of the whiplash reforms has been put back to April 2020.

However, now that we have a date for Second Reading in the Commons, we thought that it would be helpful to update our estimated timeline for the Civil Liability Bill (original client alert here -  you can see that our timings, contrary to other somewhat speedier predictions, are playing out quite accurately). We would again stress that this is by no means set in stone – parliamentary timings are notoriously unpredictable. However, we have set out our expectations based on a number of assumptions (as outlined at the end of this article).

The Keoghs Market Affairs Team will keep close to this piece of legislation as it makes its way through the Commons – both in terms of monitoring its progress and in influencing outcomes. We have already set out our thoughts on the timings of the first Discount Rate review, which you can see here. We will send through a briefing to a targeted list of MPs prior to Second Reading on 4 September, and are continuing with our parliamentary engagement programme discussing and presenting the insurance industry’s views to key influential MPs in Westminster.



Assumptions

We have predicted timings based on the following:

  • The parliamentary stages a Bill has to go through before receiving Royal Assent
  • The parliamentary protocols on the time that needs to elapse before Bill proceeds from one stage to another
  • The current political environment and recent comments/recommendations from the Justice Select Committee mean that opposition to the Bill is extremely likely
  • The periods of time being taken to go through their parliamentary stages by two previous Bills, namely the Financial Guidance & Claims Bill and the Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Bill
    Parliament’s recess dates, i.e.:
    • Conference - 13 September - 9 October 2018
    • November - 7 November - 12 November 2018
    • Christmas - 20 December 2018 - 7 January 2019

 

Samantha Ramen
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Samantha Ramen
Partner
Director of Market Affairs

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