Clause 1 - Amendment of the Criminal Law Act 1967
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North, Labour)
The hon. Lady puts her finger precisely on the problem. At present, the Bill is called the “Householder Protection” Bill, but it does not protect householders because it does not define them. The amendments are designed to do precisely that. They were tabled more in sorrow than in anger, and more in a spirit of helpfulness than from an urge to destroy. Common law would apply in the case that she suggests, but the Bill would not assist her in any way because she would not be the householder referred to in the long title. Amendment No. 4 would specifically define the position of the householder.