Clause 1 - Amendment of the Criminal Law Act 1967
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead, Labour)
I heard the hon. Gentleman’s speech, but I do not think that he answered the particular points relating to the amendment. Otherwise, the amendment would not be on the amendment paper. Indeed, its purpose is to make him explain why there is the distinction I described. I am happy for the Hansard from Second Reading and this debate to go out to my constituents, and to say that I strongly support the Government’s guidance, which gives much stronger weighting to householders than burglars in how the police and Crown Prosecution Service deal with such a situation. On Second Reading, I put forward proposals to have even stronger measures against multiple burglars, and I am also happy for that to be on record.
I shall give my examples. A mentally ill person coming to the door—