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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

Of course the amendments bear further reflection; they always do. We try to make sure that is the case. The best I can say to the noble Lord, Lord James, is this. We must bear in mind that each case will have to be judged on its individual merits. You cannot always compare one case with another, though clearly there can be common themes across cases. I suppose it will be important, although the noble Lord has not said it in these terms, that there is guidance in relation to this. He is right that we must make sure that guidance is really clear so that there is a good, common understanding of how the law will work. I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lyell, for his tease because he is right. One has to take all the circumstances into account, and we have provided in framing the legislation. I am grateful for his further observations.