Serious Crime Bill [HL]

My Lords, it is important for me to clarify how we see this matter. As the noble Lord knows, ultimately the jury will have to determine this and it will be for the jury to decide whether it was reasonable for the defendant to have acted as he did in the circumstances as he believed them to be. That is evidence on which the defendant will be peculiarly advantaged and he will be able to give that evidence to the jury, so I do not think that the fear highlighted by the noble Lord is a real one.