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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend. We are very grateful to him for making this very important point, which Ministers seem to have neglected. As he said, trustees of charities play a crucial role in the well-being of a healthy society. Many of them, of course, serve more than one charity in this way. Although the new offences that the legislation will create are in essence corporate by definition, I believe my noble friend has a good point; those who serve unpaid as trustees may be troubled by the thought that the range of their already onerous responsibilities may be expanded still further by the legislation. I very much hope that the Minister will be able to put our minds at rest.