Clause 1 - Amendment of the Criminal Law Act 1967
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North, Labour)
I am sure that most members of the Committee do not impute any such base or venal motives to the hon. and gallant Member for Newark, although I can understand my hon. Friend wishing to disaggregate the title. However, as my hon. Friend ponders over the title, he might consider the fact that it should be called not the “Kill a Burglar” Bill but the “kill absolutely anyone, including a wandering scout, the kid from next door trying to get his football back, or those who wander into someone else’s garden” Bill—but that is another title that does not trip off the tongue easily.