Clause 1 - Amendment of the Criminal Law Act 1967
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill
9:30 am
Mr Hugo Swire (Shadow Minister (the Arts), Home Affairs; East Devon, Conservative)
May I add my own plaudits for your chairmanship and your membership of this House, Mr. Pike? The Royal Marines—I represent the commando training camp at Lympstone—will also be losing a champion and a friend. I know that you have been a stalwart member of theirs and I see that you are wearing their tie.
Will the Minister concede that without this private Member’s Bill the legislation would not have been re-examined? It has taken an Opposition private Member’s Bill to get the Government to concentrate on this difficult issue.