Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations his Department has received on reducing the statute of limitations on whiplash claims since May 2010.

The Government considered the recommendation to reduce the three year limitation period for soft tissue personal injury claims made by the Transport Committee in its whiplash report of 15 July 2013. While the recommendation was not taken forward at that time, the Government remains committed to cutting the cost of whiplash and is willing to consider proposals that will achieve that aim.