We should protect such people before we protect Louis Vuitton. I hope that such issues will be considered in Committee. I also hope that the Committee will examine the proposed new powers of entry for the enforcement authorities. The concept that a man's home is his castle is an ancient one that goes to the very heart of our legal system. We in the House should tread warily before extending even further the exemptions from and exceptions to that ancient rule.
Members are concerned about the protection of intellectual property rights.
We are more concerned to protect patents for important, expensively developed drugs than to protect the income of Paul McCartney and producers of overpriced CDs. None the less, private property rights should be protected by the law, just as we give protection to people in their own homes. Is the hon. They offer employment to tens of thousands of people in this country, and are involved in a global trade in which this country should play a great part. The Bill is about intellectual property rights, but I suspect that he does not understand that issue.