So very true. But the ’spreading’ is not something that can legitimately be done by enacting legislation to enforce a mode of behaviour, as the covering notes for this bill suggest.

At the heart of the UK legal system lies the principle that legislators must fight for and justify each and every restriction or demand the state places on the individuals subject to that law. Legislators cannot legislate in ‘the positive’, regardless of how warm and happy that may make the process sound. This misunderstanding on the part of proponents risks clouding what is otherwise an (?the) extremely important issue.