Clause 109

Part of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:00 pm on 10 February 2011.

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Photo of Michael Ellis Michael Ellis Conservative, Northampton North 1:00, 10 February 2011

Is it not the case that words such as “necessary” and “appropriate” are similar in many respects to words such as “self-defence”, which are not susceptible to easy definitions? This is an issue of fact, degree and individual or instant taste. Is it not the case that the Labour Administration, having produced a quantity of legislation that surpasses in volume all previous understanding, was not too reticent about troubling the courts with legislation in that regard?