Coroners and Justice Bill

Not for the first time, I agree with the noble Lord. It would be a fallacy to divide those two things. Coroners are now advised to tread very carefully indeed in matters as simple as naming people who may be guilty of criminal offences as a consequence of the facts that have been found. If they concentrate in their findings on the facts themselves, they may speak volumes, and that may affect what happens in a criminal or civil court later. The coroner's role, and the coroner's jury's role, is more limited than that.