Are there foreign bees living in your high hedges who have adopted suspicious seals that are being hypnotised into laying landmines?

If so, government inspectors can now enter your home according to a new report from the Centre for Policy Studies. You have been warned.

As the report says:

As a result of the proliferation and variety of entry powers, a citizen cannot realistically be aware of the circumstances in which his home may be entered by state officials without his consent, or what rights he has in such circumstances.

Force can be used in the exercise of almost all these powers. In part this is due to its specific authorisation by law; in part to the courts’ readiness to imply a right to use force on grounds of necessity.