§ Mr. LepperTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to(a) complete the review of the law in relation to corporate killing and (b) introduce legislation on corporate killing. [66244]
§ Mr. Hilary Benn(a) The Government's Proposals were published in a consultation document in May 2000. The consultation period ended in September 2000, and an interdepartmental group has examined the issues raised by the consultation and other unresolved areas. The group has now completed its work. We will be publishing a digest of responses to the consultation paper shortly.
(b) The Government is committed to introducing legislation to increase corporate liability for manslaughter, and will do so when parliamentary time allows.