Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

Perhaps I may ask for enlightenment on one matter. I join all other noble Lords in expressing pleasure at the fact that Crown immunity appears to have been lifted on a number of bodies. I speak to Amendment No. 21, which relates to the inclusion of Her Majesty’s Prison Service, about which I am delighted—we shall approach corporate manslaughter as it applies to deaths in custody later. Amendment No. 27 mentions, in addition to custody, people ““otherwise lawfully detained””, which applies to other parts of the Home Office such as the police and the Immigration Service. Why is Amendment No. 21 limited to the Prison Service? Why does it not apply to others who might be responsible for detention, if it is felt that the legislation needs to be expanded to cover other parts of the Home Office?