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Criminal Law (Amendment) (Protection of Property) Bill

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I hope to explore the difference between civil and criminal law later in my remarks. An important issue has been raised by the Opposition when they say, ““We are only aligning criminal law with civil law.”” In fact, they are not. Weird and strange anomalies are created. The differences between the criminal and civil law systems must be explained if we are to ensure that the House has all the facts and arguments before it before deciding whether to give the Bill a Second Reading. Clause 1 introduces new subsection (1A) to section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 by referring to the definition of ““person””. There follows the issue of phraseology.