CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER

Early day motion 1270, tabled 9 May 2002 by Roger Berry (Labour). Signed by 88 members.

That this House notes that, in the five years to 2002, 2,286 people were killed at work in the United Kingdom; welcomes Government moves to introduce a new criminal offence of corporate killing to be applied to cases where employers kill their employees by gross carelessness; and calls upon the Government to make parliamentary time available to establish the bill in statute.

Signatures by party: Labour 67, Liberal Democrat 14, Labour/Co-operative 6, Plaid Cymru 1.