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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

It goes to the heart of what we are trying to achieve. The hon. Gentleman did not have the benefit of being in Committee. It is important to put on the record the driving force behind what we are trying to achieve. The Bill is about shifting the focus of corporate liability away from the acts and omissions of individuals and basing it instead on gross failures in the management and organisation of activities. In future, juries will be able to consider the overall picture of how an organisation’s activities were managed or organised, instead of focusing on the actions of one individual.