A Bill to make provision about liability for negligence in relation to psychiatric illness; toamend the law relating to damages in respect of personal injuries and death; and forconnected purposes.
The Negligence and Damages Bill would change how the law handles negligence that leads to psychiatric illness and would reform damages rules for personal injuries and death. It sets out provisions on liability for psychiatric injury and updates how damages are calculated or awarded in these cases, along with related measures. The aim is to update and align civil liability rules in these areas.
The Bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. The next steps typically involve committee scrutiny and further readings as it progresses through Parliament.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 13 October 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
