Bill · started in the Commons
Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill
A Bill to make provision for the creation of an employers’ liability insurance bureau comprising an electronic database and a fund of last resort; to make provision about employers’ liability insurance; and for connected purposes
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 26 January 2009 by Mr Andrew Dismore (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.
What the bill does
<p>The Bill would:</p><ul><li>establish an employers’ liability insurance bureau to manage a compensation scheme for the benefit of employees</li><li>establish a scheme funded by a levy on employers for compensating employees who have suffered personal injury or disease caused by an employer under circumstances where there is no employers’ liability insurance against which claims could be made.</li></ul>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 26 Jan 2009
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 9 Nov 2009.