Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the implications for the public liability claims handling process of the non-disclosure by organisations of their public liability insurer.

The Secretary of State for Justice has not had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the implications of the decision of the High Court in Peel Port Shareholder Finance Co v Dornoch Ltd [2017] EWHC 876 (TCC) for the conduct of legal proceedings in relation to which the defendant may have public liability insurance.