Examination of Witnesses

Part of Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:10 pm on 14 March 2017.

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Photo of Richard Burden Richard Burden Shadow Minister (Transport) 4:10, 14 March 2017

Q At the moment, there is no need to do that because the action of pointing a laser, however strong it is, at a vehicle is the offence. Presumably, without reclassifying them as offensive weapons, if you got your power of stop and search, that would be because of suspicion that the laser would be used for—or had been used for—that purpose. But if you were simply going to say that the possession of a laser could be the possession of an offensive weapon, would that need to define the strength of the laser?