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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

Perhaps I may respond, as a mere solicitor, to two exceedingly senior noble and learned Lords, and apply the Lyell test whereby you put the word ““in”” before the word in question. An ““insignificant”” part of an organisation’s activities would be readily understood, but what on earth would an ““insubstantial”” part of its activities be? ““Substantial”” is a dangerously vague word, with at least two different meanings. Obviously, we will await the Minister’s words of wisdom. I keep trying to apply what I am now going to call the ““James test””: when one looks at the practical examples that my noble friend gave, will one catch the right people in the right place, and who are the right people? That is a huge question, and I do not know whether my noble friend wants to comment on it in relation to the example that he gave earlier.