Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:30 pm on 16 October 2007.
I certainly would not argue with that. I just wonder why it is so constrained, in that case, because many people in public service face the same sort of threats and risk of disturbance in other contexts. This particular provision applies only to hospitals, rather than all NHS premises, so GP surgeries are not, I am afraid, covered by this offence.