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Personal Responsibility Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor:
Norman Baker

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as Introducted | PDF version, 75KB 16.07.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 15 July. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Norman Baker.

Summary of the Bill

The Bill would:

  • require all courts to follow the principle that individuals are responsible for the consequences of their actions unless there has been a clear breach of the duty of care owed by another person, or the individual has been the victim of a deliberate act by another person
  • amend the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 by inserting that principle.

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