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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bethell on 3 March (HL Deb, col 503), whether the proposed review of the arrangements for clinical negligence payments will account for (1) payment of NHS lawyers' fees by contingent arrangement, (2) repeal of section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, and (3) fixed or capped costs for NHS defence lawyers.  HL2339

Question HL2339: tabled on 9 March 2020 and due for answer by 23 March 2020

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To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the answer by {member id="4708" field="DisplayAs"}{/member} on 3 March (HL Deb, col 503), whether the proposed review of the arrangements for clinical negligence payments will account for (1) payment of NHS lawyers' fees by contingent arrangement, (2) repeal of section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, and (3) fixed or capped costs for NHS defence lawyers.
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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