I am still having difficulty following the hon. Gentleman's argument. He argued very strongly for the introduction of the reasonable excuse defence across a lot of offences in this area, but he now seems to be saying that the reasonable excuse defence is too complex to apply. Will he make up his mind about which side of the argument he is on?
Political Parties and Elections Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Howarth
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 July 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Political Parties and Elections Bill.
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