Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support the principle of 100 per cent compensation in civil justice cases.

The Government is committed to the principle that people injured through the negligence of others should receive full and fair compensation.

On 7 September, the Ministry of Justice published and invited comments on draft legislation that would change the way in which the personal injury discount rate set by the Lord Chancellor for England and Wales under section 1 of the Damages Act 1996 is set.

The changes would create a better and fairer framework for the setting of the rate and would better support the 100% compensation rule by providing a more accurate estimate of the return to be expected on investments. The Justice Select Committee is conducting a pre-legislative scrutiny inquiry into the draft legislation.