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Government welcomes new bribery law recommendations
Welcoming the Law Commission's recommendations for change to existing laws on bribery published today, Government anti-corruption champion and Justice Secretary Jack Straw said:
"Bribery is a cancer which destroys the integrity, accountability and honesty that underpins ethical standards both in public life and in the business community.
"The fight against bribery is not an optional extra or a luxury to be dispensed with in testing economic times.
"Our current law is old, complex and fragmented, as the OECD also recently pointed out, and the Government is committed to improving it.
"I am grateful to the Law Commission for undertaking their thorough review.
"The Government will carefully consider the Commission's recommendations and build on them to bring forward a draft bill for pre-legislative scrutiny in the next session.
"A new law will provide our investigators and prosecutors with the tools they need to deal with bribery much more effectively."
Notes to Editors
1. Find the Law Commission's press notice and full report here:
http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/bribery.htm
2. The Law Commission's terms of reference for the Reforming Bribery review were to consider the full range of structural options for the law law on bribery with a view to modernisation, consolidation and reform.
