Dr. Joanne Blennerhassett:

I agree with everything that has been said by the panel. There is a fear, to use a cliché, of opening the floodgates. The reality is the litigation and harm is happening. There are compensation tribunals etc., and their costs mean they are even more inefficient. I fundamentally disagree that there will be a potentially greater cost to the Exchequer. We must face the reality in a more manageable way.