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Criminal Law (Amendment) (Protection of Property) Bill

The problem with the lack of definition is compounded by the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, West (Jim Dowd). The Bill refers not only to a person in the property that he occupies or owns, but to any person in any building or part of a building. What happens, for example, to a person who happens to exit a property on an estate? If, in exiting the front door, that person is still within the building, let us compare and contrast that with the position for someone who exits a terraced property on to the street. Does not my hon. Friend agree that the position is absurd?