To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what discussions have taken place between his officials and the BMA about a pilot scheme for a medical compensation scheme since the Attorney-General's reply to the Adjournment debate on 16 December, Official Report column 1214.

Officials met the BMA at the association's request in January. No firm proposal for a pilot scheme was put forward by the BMA. The representatives of the BMA were advised that some of their concern about cost and slowness in clearing actions through the courts was likely to be met by the civil justice review and that no "no fault compensation" scheme would be considered until the outcome of that review is known.