The Parliamentary Joint Committee has made some recommendations on the draft Bribery Bill.
In summary, the Committee:
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strongly welcomes the draft Bill;
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agrees with the proposals to create two new main offences of bribing and being bribed; and
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agrees with the introduction of a new offence targeted at companies and partnerships which fail to prevent bribery by their employees and/or agents.
However, the Report makes several criticisms of the Bill as currently drafted and includes a number of recommendations as to issues that need to be considered further before the Bill is implemented into law.
The briefing is available here.
Click here for background on the new corporate offences proposed by the draft Bribery Bill.
