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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 24th October 2006

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee B

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

 

[ third and fourth Sittings]

 

Ann McKechin

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  30

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

a business association.’.

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  96

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

a partnership (as defined in section 1 of the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39));

 

(e)    

a body of persons unincorporated.’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  3

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

An organisation is guilty of an offence under this section only if the way in which

 

its activities are managed or organised by its senior management is a substantial

 

element in the breach referred to in subsection (1).’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  4

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  leave out line 16.

 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 24th October 2006          

312

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  35

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  98

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  17,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Withdrawn  99

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  20,  leave out ‘far’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  5

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

“senior management”, in relation to an organisation, means the persons

 

who play significant roles in—

 

(i)    

the making of decisions about how the whole or a substantial part

 

of its activities are to be managed or organised, or

 

(ii)    

the actual managing or organising of the whole or a substantial

 

part of those activities.’.

 

Ann McKechin

 

Withdrawn  31

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  after ‘to’, insert ‘(a)’.

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  100

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out ‘a fine’ and insert ‘one of the following penalties:

 

(a)    

a fine;

 

(b)    

a corporate community service order; or

 

(c)    

any sanction set out in an order laid by the Secretary of State, subject to

 

the affirmative resolution procedure.’.

 

Ann McKechin

 

Not called  32

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

an admonition; or

 

(c)    

a compensation order.’.

 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 24th October 2006          

313

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, continued

 
 

Ann McKechin

 

Not called  33

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Any penalty imposed under subsection (5) shall be notified by the court to the

 

Registrar of Companies and the Registrar of Companies in Scotland.’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  50

 

Page  1,  line  2,  leave out Clause 1.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  7

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Assets Recovery Agency’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  8

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Central Office of Information’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  9

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  leave out line 6.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  10

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  10,  at end insert ‘(including the Scotland Office and the

 

Wales Office)’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  11

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

    

‘General Register Office for Scotland’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  12

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Her Majesty’s Land Registry’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  13

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

    

‘National Archives’.

 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 24th October 2006          

314

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  14

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

    

‘National Archives of Scotland’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  15

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

    

‘National Audit Office’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  16

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

    

‘National Savings and Investments’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  17

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Northern Ireland Audit Office’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  18

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Office for National Statistics’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  19

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  leave out line 30.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  20

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  leave out line 33.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  21

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Ordnance Survey’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  22

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  leave out line 36.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  23

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Registers of Scotland Executive Agency’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  24

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office’.

 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 24th October 2006          

315

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  25

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Royal Mint’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  26

 

Schedule  1,  page  14,  leave out line 37.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  27

 

Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  1,  at end insert—

 

    

‘UK Trade and Investment’.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  28

 

Schedule  1,  page  15,  leave out line 2.

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Agreed to  29

 

Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

    

‘Welsh Assembly Government’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Not called  6

 

Page  2,  line  8,  leave out Clause 2.

 

Clause Disagreed to.

 

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  39

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  17,  leave out from ‘any’ to ‘owed’ in line 18 and insert

 

‘duty’.

 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 24th October 2006          

316

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  101

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  17,  after ‘any’, insert ‘duty imposed on it by statute or any’.

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  105

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  17,  leave out ‘of the following duties’ and insert ‘duty’.

 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Not called  77

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  leave out ‘of negligence’.

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  102

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  after ‘negligence’, insert ‘to any person’.

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  106

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  at end insert ‘including, but not limited to.’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  40

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  19,  leave out paragraphs (a) to (c).

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  103

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 19 to 30.

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Withdrawn  123

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  23,  after ‘supply’, insert ‘or provision’.

 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 24th October 2006          

317

 

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill, continued

 
 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Withdrawn  92

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  29,  after ‘vehicle’, insert ‘, substance hazardous to health,’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Withdrawn  135

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  104

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out from beginning of line 35 to end of line 19 on page 3.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  41

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 36 to line 6 on page 3.

 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Not called  78

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  leave out lines 7 to 18.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  42

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  leave out line 19.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

James Brokenshire

 

Michael Fabricant

 

James Duddridge

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Not called  52

 

Page  2,  line  16,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
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