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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, and good afternoon. I had four questions, but I will keep it to two. I want to look at the offence of being equipped to lock on, which the Bill creates. That is where…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon and thank you for coming. This rehash of the protest parts of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill that did not get through Parliament seems to me to be…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q I am not sure that your organisation is known for campaigning alongside Black Lives Matter people, for example. However, are you suggesting that the only legitimate way for the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Do you want to respond, Nicola? You do not have to. Nicola Bell: No, it is the same as what I was talking about before. It is about the fact that the police recognised that there…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q How can those people and others make their views known without being criminalised? David Dinsmore: News brands are a very good channel for campaigning. We would see ourselves as…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q I would love to follow on from that, but I will not. The next thing I want to ask about are serious disruption prevention orders. The HMICFRS report said: “We agree with the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both for your answers. I am glad that you accept that there should be a right to protest peacefully, but what you both seem to be saying is, “They’re wrong; we are…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)I understand that, but I am asking about— Elizabeth de Jong: Yes, I promise I will try to answer that. Our industry is vital to achieving net zero, and there is lots the oil…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q Much of what you have both described does sound extremely challenging. I understand that, but I am wondering whether you understand that many protesters are protesting because…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)Q My question is for Mr Groves. If tunnelling is the biggest issue for HS2, are you surprised that it has just been added on as an amendment, given that it is so important? What…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)Q As MPs, we have the opportunity every day to express our views, and the media has an even greater opportunity to do that. You have said yourself that you are a proponent of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Second sitting)What I am really trying to say is that they disagree with the answers that you have given me; if they have a different view, they must have the right to protest. How can they do…09 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (First sitting)I suppose that is a question for the Minister, but I am not allowed to ask the Minister.09 Jun 2022HANSARD Public Order Bill“A little inconvenience is more acceptable than a police state”—not my words, but those of a police officer consulted by Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary and fire and…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWhat we have here is a once-in-a-fortnight opportunity to bring back legislation that has been rejected in this place. The Government expect us to accept the result of the…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillNo, I am not giving way. There is widespread acceptance that the answer to both of those questions is no. Again, “a little inconvenience is more acceptable than a police state”.…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThe hon. Gentleman keeps going on about criminals, saying “We’ve got to get rid of these criminals” and “We’ve got to do something about these criminals.” He is characterising an…23 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsMay I say how disrespectful it is that Conservative Members keep talking about lawyers who are, after all, simply protecting people under the laws of this country? It is childish…18 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIf, as the hon. Gentleman says, Opposition Members do not know the difference between economic migrants and, as he calls them, genuine asylum seekers, the Home Office does not,…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIt seems only a matter of weeks since we were in this place fighting against the UK Government’s now-successful attempts to restrict some of our most precious and long-held…11 May 2022