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Amendment No. 109, in page 3, line 23, leave out paragraph (d).

Amendment No. 70, in page 3, line 23, leave out 'sixteen' and insert 'eighteen'.

Amendment No. 162, in page 3, line 24, at end insert 'and'.

Amendment No. 71, in page 3, line 25, leave out 'eleven' and insert 'fourteen'.

 
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Amendment No. 110, in page 3, line 25, leave out 'eleven' and insert 'eighteen'.

Amendment No. 111, in page 3, line 26, at end insert

'in default of this the statement shall be of no effect'.

Amendment No. 133, in page 3, line 26, at end insert—

'(f)   in the event of continuous or repeated activities at least annually'.

Amendment No. 73, in page 3, line 27, leave out subsection (6).

Amendment No. 163, in page 3, line 27, leave out from beginning to 'a Statement' in line 28 and insert

'Where a person to whom this Act applies has presented'.

Amendment No. 164, in page 3, line 29, after 'Risk' insert 'to an individual'.

Amendment No. 75, in page 3, line 30, leave out 'negligence or'.

Amendment No. 76, in page 3, line 30, leave out

'or breach of statutory duty'.

Amendment No. 165, in page 3, line 31, leave out from first 'the' to 'a court' in line 33 and insert

'person who presented the statement (or, in the case of a volunteer or employee, of the voluntary organisation concerned)'.

Amendment No. 78, in page 3, line 31, after 'volunteer', insert 'or'.

Amendment No. 79, in page 3, line 31, after 'employee', insert

'but not the vicarious liability of'.

Amendment No. 77, in page 3, line 31, after 'any', insert 'personal'.

Amendment No. 80, in page 3, line 32, after 'employed', insert

'or the personal liability of'.

Amendment No. 84, in page 3, line 34, leave out paragraph (a).

Amendment No. 81, in page 3, line 34, after 'have', insert 'strict'.

Amendment No. 82, in page 3, line 35, leave out 'certain' and insert

'risks as specified in the statement'.

Amendment No. 83, in page 3, line 35, after 'activities', insert 'specified in the statement'.

Amendment No. 166, in page 3, line 36, at end insert 'and'.

Amendment No. 85, in page 3, line 37, after 'take', insert 'strict'.

Amendment No. 86, in page 3, line 37, after first 'the', insert 'express terms of the'.

Amendment No. 87, in page 3, line 39, after 'risks', insert

'but only as expressed in the statement'.

Amendment No. 167, in page 3, line 39, leave out from 'involved' to the end of line 41.

Amendment No. 131, in page 3, line 39, at end insert

'that they have known of the risks which materialised and had voluntarily accepted the risks.'.

Amendment No. 92, in page 3, line 40, leave out paragraph (c).

 
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Amendment No. 93, in page 3, line 40, leave out 'only uphold' and insert

'may take into account in'.

Amendment No. 94, in page 3, line 40, leave out 'where' and insert 'whether'.

Amendment No. 96, in page 3, line 41, leave out 'reckless' and insert 'careless'.

Amendment No. 95, in page 3, line 41, leave out 'reckless'.

Amendment No. 168, in page 3, line 42, leave out subsection (7).

Amendment No. 97, in page 3, line 42, leave out 'shall not' and insert 'may'.

Amendment No. 98, in page 3, line 42, at end insert—

'(d)   a court shall take the absence of a Statement of Inherent Risk into account in deciding whether a voluntary organisation or voluntary body is or has been personally or vicariously negligent.'.

Amendment No. 134, in page 3, line 46, at end insert—

'(9)   In the event of a Statement of Inherent Risk relating to an activity or activities being proposed, no person shall engage in those activities who has not complied with subsection (5) above.'.

Amendment No. 135, in page 3, line 46, at end insert—

'(9)   A Statement of Inherent Risk shall cease to have effect from the first anniversary of its preparation.'.

Amendment No. 136, in page 3, line 46, at end insert—

'(9)   A Statement of Inherent Risk prepared under this section shall be reviewed at least annually.'.

Amendment No. 170, in title, line 1, leave out from 'Make' to end of line 2 and insert

'provision as to the extent of liability in negligence in respect of volunteering and voluntary organisations'.

Mr. Brazier: I thank colleagues in all parts of the House for the hard work that has gone into this Bill, including the four Committee sittings. We have had some good volunteers on the Promotion of Volunteering Bill. The voices of support that the Bill has brought from across the adventure training, sport, recreation and play sectors have been greatly encouraging.

As I look at the large group of amendments and new clauses before us, I find it extremely flattering that the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) has found it necessary to table roughly 150 amendments and new clauses to stop the Bill—a number that is about the same as the number of hon. Members who signed the early-day motion supporting it. I do not think, however, that the scout masters, guide leaders and cadet instructors, and those struggling to organise clubs for everything from rugby to roller-skating, will take a charitable view.

The aim of new clause 29, which has been tabled by supporters of the Bill, is to offer the House the opportunity to vote on a much simpler, reduced version of the Bill that simply asks the courts to take account of inherent risks in adventure training, sport and play where participants seek to sue volunteers or voluntary organisations for alleged negligence. It also asks the courts to take account of inherent risk, without any of the certificates or paperwork that were objected to at
 
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length in Committee—although the paperwork implications would have been negligible in the original measure in relation to participants in the field of adventure training, sport and play. It asks the courts to take account of cases in which the participant—in the case of children, this will be parents—understood and had been made aware of any risks involved. Private Members' Bills can succeed only where there is consensus, as we all know.

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