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This report arises from a letter from the MinIster of State for Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Health, responding to some areas of concern on the NHS Redress Bill expressed at an oral evidence session prior to publication of the Committee's third report of session 2005-06 on compensation culture (HCP 754-I, ISBN 0215027671). The particular areas of concern were: whether the Department of Health had a current list of medical experts able to provide medical reports; whether doctors and lawyers would be willing to work for fixed fess, and the proposed level of those fees; and the expected number of additional claimants under the redress procedure. The Committee is not satisfied with any of the Minister's additional information, finding no details of whom the Minister intends to consult about the list of doctors to write reports; and the statistics on the other two points contain such wide differentials that the Committee feels the Department is not sufficiently focused or aware of the potential costs. This supports the initial recommendation to pilot the scheme before a national roll out, since it is impossible to predict the upsurge of claims and associated costs.