Clause 2 - Short title and extent
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill
10:45 am
Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead, Labour)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that distinction. Is he saying that if the Bill’s provisions were extended to Northern Ireland only those who legally owned a firearm would have the opportunity to use a gun if their homes were being burgled, and that everyone else in Northern Ireland would not have a legally owned firearm and therefore would not have the option to use a gun to defend themselves? Is that what the Bill would achieve in Northern Ireland?