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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

After the near unanimity on the previous amendment, the Minister may be grateful that we on these Benches cannot offer any support for the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Turner. I do not know whether the Government want that support at this point, but I offer it to them for what it is worth. As the Minister will be aware, we made it clear at Second Reading that we support the creation of a corporate manslaughter offence but we do not support the idea, expressed in these amendments, of adding layers to the existing manslaughter offence, which would undermine the central principle of the Bill. Therefore, we shall not offer any support to the noble Baroness should she wish to return to the amendments at a later stage.