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Criminal Law (Amendment) (Protection of Property) Bill

My hon. Friend may have detected in the presentation by the hon. Member for Vale of York (Miss McIntosh) of her Bill today that there has been quite a significant shift from the way the hon. Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer) presented his Bill a year ago, when he made it clear that he did not think that Tony Martin was acting properly and lawfully, and that his Bill, as then drafted, would have made no difference to his case. The hon. Lady seems to be suggesting that he would be let off.