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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

I am delighted to support the amendment moved so well by the noble Lord, Lord Henley. The noble Lord, Lord Brennan, has given some examples, and it is well known, especially in the law relating to safety at work, that pyramid companies, shell companies and the system of holding and subsidiary companies are the bane of effectively imposing liability for an unsafe system from which workers suffer. This amendment should be urged upon the Government and the Minister, with, perhaps, one tiny exception, which is that the Companies Act reference in proposed subsection (4) should be updated to the Companies Act 2006. I hope that the Government will take the thinking behind this amendment very seriously and will not allow corporate manipulation in holding and subsidiary companies to impede the impact of the Bill.