HC Deb 05 March 1986 vol 93 cc172-3W
Mr. Best

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has considered excluding Crown liability under section 10 of the 1947 Act only in respect of activities which are peculiar to the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lee

Whilst no option in the review of section 10 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 has yet been closed, attempts over the years to distinguish between activities with a military character and those which are essentially civil in nature have always foundered because of the discrimination it would create between different categories of service men and because it would create more anomalies than it would remove.

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