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David challenges Prime Minister over car insurance costs
July 13, 2011 1:18 PM
Bradford East MP, David Ward, has today challenged the Prime Minister to intervene to stop spiralling car insurance costs.
David speaking at PMQs
Speaking at Prime Minister Questions today, David asked the Prime Minister to act to ban the selling of crash details to personal injury lawyers.
Answering, the Prime Minister said that he was sympathetic to the idea of banning referral fees and would be looking into how to do so most effectively.
Commenting, David Ward said:
"I have had hundreds of calls from Bradford residents about car insurance over the last week. The situation is completely unsustainable - people simply cannot afford to pay premiums at this level. Motorists will be forced to sell their cars or worse resort to fraud or driving uninsured. Something has to be done.
"Banning referral fees would be a good start and I'm pleased that the Prime Minister has agreed to look at this issue today. The insurance companies are both enriching themselves through these cosy arrangements and the costs are being passed on to ordinary consumers. It is an absolutely outrageous racket which has to be stopped."
David Ward has called a summit in Bradford in the next month to look into the car insurance issue and will be gathering evidence by surveying residents over next few weeks.