§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Attorney-General when section 6 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 will be implemented.
§ The Attorney-General:The draft rules of court which accompanied the consultation paper on awards of provisional and further damages issued by the Lord Chancellor's Department on 20 September 1984 are being revised in the light of responses received to that paper, which reflected differing opinions and conflicting interests. This matter is being pressed forward as quickly as possible. I can give no specific promises as to timing, but the Lord Chancellor expects to place proposals before the Supreme Court rule committee in the near future with a view to bringing section 6 into force as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Attorney-General when proposed amendments to the Supreme Court rules making provisions for awards for provisional damages will be laid before the House.
§ The Attorney-General:I refer to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member's question on this subject earlier today. The statutory instrument amending rules of court is subject to negative resolution and will accordingly be laid before Parliament once it has been made.
§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Attorney-General if he will make it his policy in the forthcoming amendments to the Supreme Court rules making provisions for awards of provisional damages not to impose a time limit within which application for further awards must be made.
§ The Attorney-General:I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member's question on this subject earlier today. The question of a time limit for claims for further damages is one of the matters the rule committee will consider in the light of the responses that have been received.