LABOUR SLAMS 'VACUOUS' HEROISM BILL
Legislation to protect so-called good Samaritans is "completely vacuous" and a waste of time when other issues need to be debated, Labour have claimed.
Shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle said the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill, which William Hague has announced will have its first debate on Monday, was simply a PR exercise.
Addressing Mr Hague, she said: "On Monday we will be debating the pleasing-sounding but completely vacuous Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill.
"This is a five clause Bill which does something the last Labour government legislated for in 2006.
"When the Government could bring in a new law to guarantee rights for victims of crime or deal with the meltdown in probation or tackle the prisons crisis, can you tell us why you are wasting time with this PR exercise?"
