INJURY VICTIMS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS

Early day motion 407, tabled 5 December 2006 by Austin Mitchell (Labour). Signed by 95 members.

That this House opposes any increase in the small claims limit for personal injury cases; notes the petition from 25,000 injured road accident victims delivered to Downing Street in November 2006 expressing their opposition to proposals for an increase in the upper limit on motor injury small claims to as much as £5,000; notes that the petitioners all stated that they would not have been able to cope with pursuing their claim for injury compensation through the small claims process on their own; and believes that it would be wrong to deny justice to victims of road traffic accidents in cases where claims for £2,500 or £5,000 would represent several months of lost earnings for an average injured motorist unable to work.

Signatures by party: Labour 60, Liberal Democrat 19, Conservative 8, DUP 6, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.