New Clause 2

Part of Orders of the Day — Police and Criminal Evidence Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:30 pm on 3 May 1983.

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Photo of Sir Patrick Mayhew Sir Patrick Mayhew , Royal Tunbridge Wells 4:30, 3 May 1983

I understand my hon. Friend's point and it was raised from time to time in Committee, and has been raised in every other Standing Committee dealing with any matters of the law on which I have ever had the privilege of serving. Lawyers make much more money out of law that is over-precisely tailored to every conceivable circumstance that Parliament can envisage than they do our of well-known words that are hallowed by long tradition, such as "reasonable".