Clause 8 — Desertion

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 4:30 pm on 22 May 2006.

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Photo of Harry Cohen Harry Cohen Labour, Leyton and Wanstead 4:30, 22 May 2006

Subsection 3(c) has the potential to enshrine an illegal occupation. People should exercise, and have the right to exercise, their personal responsibility. The punishments that we include in Acts of Parliament should reflect their right to do so; they should not be excessively harsh. The punishment of imprisonment up to life imprisonment, is exceptionally harsh and should be removed from the Bill. I urge the Liberals and everybody else to come off the fence and oppose it.