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House of Commons

Wednesday 16th May 2007

Proceedings

on Consideration of Lords Amendments

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide

Bill

Lords Amendment No. 2

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Agreed to on division

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 3

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 5

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

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Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 6

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 10

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendments Nos. 2, 3, 5,

6 and 10:—

Agreed to  (a)

Page  2      ,  line  43  ,  at end insert—

‘(5A)
The Secretary of State may by order make amendments to this section to the effect

that a duty of care owed by an organisation under the law of negligence to a

person who—

(a)
is in any specified form of custody or detention, or is otherwise on

premises of a specified description or on premises in specified

circumstances, and

(b)
is by reason of that fact a person for whose safety the organisation is

responsible,


is a “relevant duty of care”.

(5B)
An order under subsection (5A)—

(a)
may amend this Act so as to specify exceptions with respect to the

application of any provision contained in this section as a result of such

an order;

(b)
may make any amendment to this Act that is incidental or supplemental

to, or consequential on, an amendment made by such an order.

(5C)
An order under subsection (5A) is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.’.

Lords Amendments 1, 4, 7 to 9 and 11 to 35 agreed to.