Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Debate between Lord Berkeley and Lord Thomas of Gresford
Lord Berkeley Portrait Lord Berkeley (Lab)
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My Lords, can I just ask the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, why he thinks that an offence in the transport sector might be different from the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act? Is it because transport is a middle-class crime and health and safety is not, on the whole, or is there something different?

Lord Thomas of Gresford Portrait Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD)
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Driving is an activity which is universal. Equally, the mistake—or negligence—is also universal, and I do draw that distinction. I appreciate where the noble Lord is coming from, but that is the distinction I make.