UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 0164
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
[As Introduced]
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This Act allows prosecutors to charge companies (not just individual people) with a crime if their poor management or safety failures cause someone to die. It makes organisations legally responsible for deaths caused by how they run their business, rather than just blaming one person.
Presented by John Reid
supported by Baroness Scotland of Asthal.
supported by Baroness Scotland of Asthal.
✓ Passed into lawPublicLords
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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' votePassed without division
No division called, Third Reading carried on the voices.
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading20 Jul 2006
- 2nd reading10 Oct 2006
- Committee stage19 Oct 2006
- 1st reading16 Nov 2006
- 2nd reading16 Nov 2006
- Report stage4 Dec 2006
- 3rd reading4 Dec 2006
Lords
- 1st reading5 Dec 2006
- 2nd reading19 Dec 2006
- Committee stage11 Jan 2007
- Report stage5 Feb 2007
- 3rd reading28 Feb 2007