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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

All of us have to accept that the police and the Prison Service will not be included immediately in the Bill when it becomes law. We have no illusions about that. What worries us—I am sure my right hon. Friend knows that the concern is widespread among Labour MPs and is by no means limited to the Opposition—is that it will be some considerable time before the police, and especially the Prison Service, are included. If my right hon. Friend could give some indication that inclusion will happen not too far in the future—perhaps in five or 10 years’ time—it might satisfy some of us. I know that he is doing his best to try to find a compromise with the Lords, and I am pleased about that.