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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that assurance. Again, I thank him for explaining what the amendment will do. Perhaps I may say once more how regrettable it was that the Government introduced all those amendments without discussion in another place, particularly on a Bill that had been through the draft Bill procedure and benefited from the carryover arrangements, thus allowing it to be considered in this House in a different Session from the one in which it had been dealt with in another place. That being the case, where it is quite obvious that there was no pressure of time for the Government, it would have behoved them to give it a little more time in another place. I appreciate that the noble Lord cannot speak for the business managers of another place, but I would be grateful if he would convey this message to his colleagues there because it would make their job and ours considerably easier should that normally be the case where there is no time pressure. Having got that off my chest, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 52 to 56 not moved.] Clause 5 agreed to. [Amendment No. 57 not moved.] Clause 6 [Emergencies]: