Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

That was a fascinating response. I think that the Minister is saying that nothing has happened in the department to explore the support that the Minister in the other place gave when he said not only that he had sympathy but that he had a good deal of sympathy with the aims of amendments that would extend jurisdiction. I hope that between now and Report the noble Lord will have a word with Mr Gerry Sutcliffe to see whether there is a way of meeting the points that were raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lee, and myself. These points anticipate the furores that arise from time to time when criminal acts have clearly taken place and one has to explain these matters. As former constituency MPs, both the noble Lord, Lord Lee, and I often had to explain to the bereaved why nothing could be done. I do not want to see those situations arise in the future. The noble Lord is not shaking his head. I am not allowed to refer to body language.