I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity to clarify the point, and I regret that fact that I clearly have not been able to do so thus far. I refer to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) when he spoke of someone acting spontaneously. If somebody were to witness a situation which required their assistance—for example, if somebody was drowning and it was necessary to jump in and save them—and they were able to do so, I am minded to say that that person would not say, “Well, I need to take account of the law here. If I were to jump in, is account going to be taken of whether I considered this dangerous or not?” If somebody is capable of saving that drowning person, they will jump in and save them. The courts will take account of all the facts of the case and I am confident that the present wording is necessary, the courts will take account of everything, and it will not be held against anybody that they may temporarily have considered danger.
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Shailesh Vara
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 October 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
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