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  Civil Liability Bill - Damages for Whiplash Injuries
  
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  @ MP voted aye against a set tariff of damages for whiplash injuries and whiplash-related minor psychological injuries. 
  
  @ MP voted no in favour of a set tariff of damages for whiplash injuries and whiplash-related minor psychological injuries. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of a set tariff of damages for whiplash injuries and related minor psychological injuries. 
  
  MPs were considering the Civil Liability Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :amendment 2, page 3, line 14, leave out clauses 3 to 5.
  
  The clauses in question[2] stated:
  
  : (3) If the claimant suffers one or more minor psychological injuries on the same occasion as the whiplash injury or injuries, the amount of damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity payable in respect of the minor psychological injury or the minor psychological injuries, taken together, is to be an amount specified in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.
  
  :(4) If regulations made by the Lord Chancellor so provide, the amount of damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity payable in respect ofâ
  
  :(a) the whiplash injury or injuries, and
  
  :(b) a minor psychological injury or injuries suffered by the claimant on the same occasion as the whiplash injury or injuries, taken together, is to be an amount specified in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor (notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3)).
  
  :(5) Regulations under this section may in particularâ
  :(a) specify different amounts in respect of different durations of injury;
  :(b) specify amounts in respect of minor psychological injuries by reference to the duration of the related whiplash injury or injuries. 
  
  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  
  :This amendment would remove the creation of tariffs for whiplash injuries and retain the existing system where judges decide compensation levels with reference to Judicial College Guidelines.
  
  At the time of the vote the Lord Chancellor was usually an MP and member of the cabinet.[3] 
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2017-19/civilliability/documents.html Parliament's webpage on the Civil Liability Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0264/cbill_2017-20190264_en_2.htm#pt1-pb2-l1g3 Clause 3 of the Civil Liability Bill as at the time of the vote, Parliament.uk website]
  * [3] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chancellor Lord Chancellor Wikipedia page] 
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