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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

I am not keen to extend this debate much further because I am not sure that there is a great deal of merit in doing that. It is worth devoting time and attention to the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Wedderburn. I shall study what he said with interest. I am sure that he is about right. On the point made by the noble Lord, Lord James, on the Explanatory Notes, I believe that they are clear in most regards. Paragraph 54 is descriptive, but it further states: "““Clause 16 expressly excludes secondary liability for the new offence””." The paragraph makes that provision clear. Therefore, I am not sure that the noble Lord’s observation is correct. However, the paragraph comprises a description of the Bill as it arrived from another place. It is designed to be as helpful as possible. It does not go into absolute and finite detail but, as I read it, it is fairly clear. Others may be confused, but I am not.