New Clause 3 - Offences against ‘public servants’
Violent Crime Reduction Bill
8:30 pm
James Clappison (Hertsmere, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point, and it may interest him to know that if he looks down the list of persons covered by new clause 4, which is the definitional clause and which I was going to come to, he will see that a police officer is not named. A police officer would undoubtedly be covered by virtue of his being an employee of a public authority acting in the course of his employment.
Mr. Malinsrose—