Corporate Manslaughter Bill Set To Become Law!

Tuesday of this week, the House of Lords sent the Corporate Manslaughter Bill back to the House of Commons for the fifth time as a result of its refusal to back down on the principle that the Bill should also apply to deaths in prison and police custody.

As a result and as a concession to the House of Lords, The House of Commons tabled a new amendment of the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Bill, allowing the new offence to apply .

This means the Bill now looks set to become law before the Parliamentary recess.

David Bergman, Director of the Centre for Corporate Accountability says:

"We are thrilled that finally the Government has agreed with the Lords and human rights organisations, including the Centre for Corporate Accountability, that the new corporate manslaughter and homicide offence should apply to deaths in custody. We have long campaigned that this new offence should apply as widely as possible and include not only conventional work-related deaths but also those deaths resulting from the serious failures on the part of state bodies."

The amenment can be read in full here

Source: CCA

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