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Criminal Law (Amendment) (Protection of Property) Bill

My hon. Friend may remember that about three years ago in my store in Swansea I confronted a shoplifter who attacked me. Had I used force to retaliate and if he had fallen backwards and sustained head injuries, I might have found myself in court facing charges of using disproportionate force to protect myself. Is not the problem in such cases that when someone is confronted by a burglar the last thing that they should be thinking about is whether they will end up in court? They need to protect themselves, and the Bill will allow them to do that.