Oral QuestionHome Office

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 22 October 2019Answered: 28 October 2019

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Solicitor General

My hon. Friend has been a tireless campaigner on behalf of the 72 victims of the Grenfell tragedy and their families. My thoughts—and, I am sure, those of the whole House—remain with the bereaved families, survivors and those affected. Introducing corporate manslaughter legislation was one of the great achievements of the last Labour Government. Cases involving allegations of corporate manslaughter are considered by specialist prosecutors in the Crown Prosecution Service’s special crime division, which deals with some of the most complex and sensitive cases.