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Debate on bill on Monday, 5 February 2007, in the House of Lords.

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill. Lords Report stage. Concluded. Bill printed as amended. (HL Bill 40). Part 2 of 2 records.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
689 c560-92 
Session
2006-07
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Report stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c569 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on coming forward with some very persuasive arguments. I hav...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 689 c561-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend for that response. I am very glad to learn that the Go...
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Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c566-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 23: 23: Clause 6, page 5, line 38, leave out paragraph (d) and insert— ““(d) a...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c567-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall see whether my arguments lack traction. I will try to deal with the points made by...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c566 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 21: 21: Clause 5, page 5, line 12, leave out ““or (b)”” and insert ““(b) or (d...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c566 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 22: 22: Clause 5, page 5, leave out lines 27 to 29 On Question, amendment agre...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c563-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Henley, for the way in which he has moved the amendm...
Lord Henley | 689 c565-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for giving us that long explanation of a relatively bri...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c562 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 17: 17: Clause 4, page 4, leave out lines 31 to 33 On Question, amendment agre...
Lord Henley | 689 c562-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 18: 18: Clause 5 , page 4, line 43, leave out paragraph (c) The noble Lord sa...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c561 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend because she has spoken persuasively in the past about the...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 689 c561 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment, and I regard it as a very important matter. I very ...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 689 c560-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16: 16: After Clause 3 , insert the following new Clause— ““Public information...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 689 c574 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also am very grateful to the Government for this new clause, which covers more or less e...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c574-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is an improvement. I shall deal quite briefly with this. I shall explain the governme...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 689 c574 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 38 is an enormous improvement. The Government have had a bit of a rough time...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 689 c576 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have tabled Amendments Nos. 31 and 36 and I assume that in a sense the government amendm...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c576-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there have been a number of speeches, both in this House and in the other place, expressin...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c575 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the only outstanding point concerned the enforcement authority, but I believe that the nob...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c575-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 30: 30: Clause 9 , page 8, line 17, leave out ““order it”” and insert ““make a...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is not the reason for resisting the amendments. I am not sure what the proper express...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to both my noble friend and the noble Lord. Having spoken to the amendment a...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 689 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister sits down, is there not a third factor as well? Identifying a person w...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c569 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 24: 24: Clause 6 , page 6, leave out line 23 On Question, amendment agreed to....
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c569 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 25: 25: Clause 7 , page 7, line 19, leave out subsection (4) On Question, amen...
Lord James of Blackheath | 689 c569-71 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 26: 26: After Clause 7 , insert the following new Clause— ““Trustees A duty of ...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c571 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend. We are very grateful to him for making this very impor...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly believe that I can put minds at rest, but not, I am afraid, by accepting the am...
Lord James of Blackheath | 689 c572 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the explanation. The problem is that, to some extent, the damage has bee...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the House will permit me to clarify a point that I hope the noble Lord has not...
Lord James of Blackheath | 689 c573 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that time and circumstances do not make us regret any foreshortening of this debate...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c573 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 27and 28: 27: Clause 8 , page 8, leave out lines 1 to 5 28: Clause 8 , pag...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 689 c573-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 29: 29: Before Clause 9 , insert the following new Clause— ““Power to order pu...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c589-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to have to disappoint the noble and learned Lord because I am not persuaded by ...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 689 c587-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 49: 49: After Clause 16 , insert the following new Clause— ““Limitations of pr...
Lord Henley | 689 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful that we inspired the noble Lord and the Government to do that. I thank him w...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for having inspired us in this direction.
Lord Henley | 689 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister said that concern has been expressed. If he remembers, it was either myself o...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c586-7 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 48: 48: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause— ““Convictions under t...
Lord Cotter | 689 c586 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for a very fair and comprehensive consideration of the issue which ob...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c584-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government believe that requiring the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions i...
Lord Cotter | 689 c584 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 45: 45: Clause 15, page 12, line 22, at beginning insert ““(1)”” The noble Lo...
Lord Cotter | 689 c584 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and for his assurance that great attention will be give...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c583-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Cotter, has set out very clearly, this amendment proposes that the...
Lord Cotter | 689 c582-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 44: 44: Before Clause 15 , insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to publicis...
Earl of Mar and Kellie | 689 c579-80 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 43: 43: Before Clause 15 , insert the following new Clause— ““Application of t...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c579 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42: 42: Clause 13 , page 11, line 6, at end insert— ““( ) a partnership, ( ) a...
Earl of Mar and Kellie | 689 c582 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for that explanation. I am not convinced that ...
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 689 c580-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Mar and Kellie, for raising the important issue of h...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c578-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 37and 38: 37: Clause 9 , page 8, line 39, leave out subsection (6) 38: Aft...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c578 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 32 to 35: 32: Clause 9 , page 8, line 24, leave out ““An order under subsect...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c579 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 41: 41: After Clause 12 , insert the following new Clause— ““Application to pa...
Lord Goldsmith | 689 c579 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 39and 40: 39: Clause 12 , page 10, line 36, leave out ““this Act”” and inser...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c590-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 50 to 52: 50: Clause 17 , page 12, line 34, at end insert ““, and in any app...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 689 c590 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am naturally disappointed by the response of the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-Gen...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 689 c592 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 53: 53: Clause 21 , page 13, line 32, leave out from ““force”” to end of line 3...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Charities Armed forces Death Crown Prosecution Service Corporate manslaughter Liability Health and safety Exemptions Emergency services Police Prosecutions Negligence Scotland Training
Legislation
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill 2005-06 to 2006-07
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