Clause 1

Part of Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:45 am on 24 October 2006.

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Photo of Ian Stewart Ian Stewart Labour, Eccles 10:45, 24 October 2006

I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his position on the Opposition Front Bench. He speaks of the complex distinctions to be drawn between the individual and the corporate body, but does he not accept that an individual can be responsible on behalf of the corporate body—for instance, on matters of finance or the environment? Is there not a problem for all who are trying to resolve the difficulty—it is almost a conundrum—of whether a named individual can represent the corporate body?