Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Bill

The Minister used the conditional ““may”” or ““might””, yet the manifesto on which he fought the last general election—and, I concede, won it—says:"““we will introduce tougher sentences . . . for those convicted of assaulting workers serving the public.””" We have already had retreats by the Home Office this week on ID cards and on police mergers. Is this the third retreat this week?