HC Deb 31 January 1977 vol 925 c71W
Mr. Raphael Tuck

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will seek to initiate legislation to render void clauses excluding liability for negligence in contracts of carriage of passengers, such as were contained in the case of Mrs. J. M. Blackwell of Watford by the British Railway Board in July 1976, details of which have been supplied to him in a letter from the hon. Member for Watford.

Mr. Horam

No. It would not be for me to initiate such legislation. However the avoidance of Liability (England and Wales) Bill, which renders void clauses excluding liability for negligence in contracts of carriage of passengers, received its Second Reading on 28th January. I have written to my hon. Friend about the specific case to which he refers.