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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

I put this point to my noble friend Lord Hunt because I thought he asked a question that went to the core of my example of case F against Cheltenham racecourse. Last week, I discussed that case with Lord Vestey, the chairman of Cheltenham racecourse, and asked what would be his greatest fear in a case arising against Cheltenham for corporate manslaughter. He mentioned that case, and I remembered it. I then asked Lord Vestey who he thought would bear the ultimate responsibility in that case. There are four candidates: the head groundsman, who did not put the dolls out; his boss, the clerk of the course; the chief executive, Edward Gillespie; and, above him, Lord Vestey. I said to him, ““It seems to me that we’re going to bang you up for this””. ““Not at all, old boy””, he said, ““absolutely not. It wouldn’t be me””. I asked, ““Who would it be?””. He said, ““It can’t be the Jockey Club because it’s now passed over its powers for running racing to the British Horseracing Board, so you’d have to go for its chairman””. Noble Lords can take their pick. I do not know where one ends up at the right level of responsibility.