The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has said the law must change so it is on the side of people who defend their property or themselves from burglars.
Currently, anyone who confronts a burglar may legally use "reasonable force," but Mr Grayling would like anything but "grossly disproportionate force" to be permitted.
ITV News' Political Correspondent Romilly Weeks reports:
I asked Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to set out the difference between disproportionate and grossly disproportionate in reference to burglars.
He said: "If you react in way that in the cold light of day might seem over the top, the law will still be on your side...
"It is crazy to have system where someone with an avowed hatred of UK uses human rights to avoid deportation. One of my key jobs is to change that."
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling made it clear that "if someone breaks into your home, if you lash out in self-defence, the law should be on your side".
Home Secretary Theresa May has said victims of crime will soon be able to decide how offenders responsible for anti-social behaviour will be punished.
Mrs May told the Daily Mail: "One of the big problems for the victims of anti-social behaviour is that they feel powerless. Somebody does something to them or their property and they feel they don’t get reparation, or feel they are not part of the process."
The Mail reports the punishments are likely to include the payment of compensation, repair of damage and cleaning up a public space.
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Diane Procter: "Everyone has a right to defend their home and families, whatever it takes to keep people out."
Nick Sanbrooke: "At last! Some common sense!"
Beth Jones: "As a single parent its my job to protect my daughters so if someone broke in my house i will do everything it takes to get them out or stop them!"
Frightened homeowners who react when confronted by burglars will get more protection under new plans, the Justice Secretary will announce.
Read the full storyDavid Cameron has told Daybreak that we should be less concerned about the rights of the burglar and more concerned bout the rights of home owners and families.
John Cooper, a barrister specialising in human rights and criminal law, has tweeted his scepticism about the Justice Secretary's new law to give greater protection to people who use force against burglars:
There is no confusion about the law re protecting your home from burglars just an opportunity for new Ministers to posture. #BBCr4today.
From @John_Cooper_QC on Twitter:Speaking about government plans to give homeowners who use force against burglars get more protection, David Cameron has told ITV1's Daybreak people need to know if they do need to protect their home or their family from a burglar they should be able to do that.
He added that the uncertainty over the law at the moment is "completely wrong" and he believed people would be "reassured" by the plans. He explained the force used must not be "grossly disproportionate".
Homeowners who use force against burglars will get more protection under Government plans, unless they use "grossly disproportionate" violence. Daybreak's Sue Jameson reports:
