Manslaughter bill fight continues

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Peers have refused once again to back down in a parliamentary battle with the Commons over the government's Corporate Manslaughter Bill.

The House of Lords wants the scope of the legislation to include those deaths which occur in custody.

The government has accepted this point in principle - but will not set a date for when the law would be extended in this way.

Now peers have voted by a majority of 29 to insist on the change.

This is the fifth time Peers have sent the bill back to the Commons - but it now faces the risk of running out of parliamentary time.

There is only a week left before parliament begins its long summer break.

The legislation will allow companies to be prosecuted for gross negligence leading to deaths of employees or members of the public.