§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will include in his proposals to combat crime further provisions relating to corporate manslaughter; and if he will make a statement. [116503]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Government set up an inter-departmental working group of officials to consider the recommendations made by the Law Commission in their report number 237 "Legislating the Criminal Code: Involuntary Manslaughter". One of those recommendations was that there should be a new offence of corporate killing.
The conclusions of the inter-departmental working group were passed to Ministers in late December and we are continuing to consider how to take the matter forward. We expect to publish our conclusions for consultation shortly.