To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the regulatory impact assessment on the issue of corporate manslaughter which commenced in September 2002 was completed by the end of 2002; when he expects to put proposals before the House for an offence of corporate manslaughter; and if he will make a statement. [103287]

Contributions to the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) were requested by the end of the year. We have since been analysing the responses and actively encouraging those organisations which had not replied, in order to produce an RIA. The Government remains committed to legislating on corporate manslaughter and will do so as soon as parliamentary time allows.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 12 March 2003, Official Report. column 975W, on manslaughter, when he expects to publish the digest of responses to the consultation paper; arid if he will make a statement. [103453]

We will be preparing a summary of responses to the consultation, and will make this available as soon as possible. Following completion of the consultation, we are at present conducting a regulatory impact assessment on the proposals.