§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will include no-fault liability for road accident victims in the product liability legislation to be introduced to comply with the European Economic Community directive on product liability approved by Parliament in July 1985.
§ Mr. HowardNo. We do not consider that this would be appropriate. The EC directive is concerned only with liability for defective products; we plan to introduce legislation to implement it as soon as possible, but we do not intend to extend this legislation to cover liability for road accidents.