EAST Lancashire Tory MP Nigel Evans has called for a Commons debate on strengthening the right of people to defend themselves when their homes are broken into following the Tony Martin case.
Mr Martin was jailed for shooting and killing one burglar and injuring another after they burgled his remote Norfolk farmhouse.
Labour MP Stephen Pound is currently considering whether to introduce a Private Members' Bill on the issue after listeners to BBC Radio Four's Today programme voted for him to do so in a poll.
Yesterday Ribble Valley MP Mr Evans raised the issue in the Chamber of the House of Commons with the Leader of the House, Peter Hain. He said: "If if a Ribble Valley farmers finds an intruder with a gun trying to raid his premises he should allowed to use his shotgun to defend himself."
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