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Part of Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 9 March 2005.

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Photo of Paul Goggins Paul Goggins Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office 4:45, 9 March 2005

Yes. That is the difficulty, because the way that the Bill has been portrayed publicly is that it is specifically about the householder. In reality, as the Bill applies, it is not so narrowly defined. Therefore, it moves away from the position of the householder to any person, which reduces the weight of the Bill.