Member

On intervening, as mentioned, typically this has been considered to date by the police as local authority territory. Collaboration between local authorities and the police is, of course, important, and there are some examples where it works well. I am also loath to create even more work for stretched police resources and people. However, the law is that illegal evictions are a criminal rather than a civil matter. Therefore, this is a police matter, and clarifying that is at the heart of this amendment.