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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

My Lords, just immediately, I am not sure that I have understood the question, which is undoubtedly my fault. If the noble Lord is addressing the question of whether the Bill should be expanded to include personal liability, my view, as I said, is that at the moment I think that the Government are right to keep the two matters separate. Perhaps we shall have the chance to tease that out in Committee and I shall understand better and give a better answer. I was referring briefly to the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which is a wise provision. I was saying that I hope that we shall have adequate time in Committee. It is a genuine complaint from this side of the House and from the Opposition generally that Bills are rushed, especially in the other place. It was not right that the Bill had no proper Report there and that so many undiscussed amendments were pushed through. I hope and confidently believe that that will not happen here.