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HANSARDBrazil: Violence against Journalists and Activists8. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of violence against journalists, environmental campaigners and indigenous activists in Brazil.21 Jun 2022HANSARDBrazil: Violence against Journalists and ActivistsI thank the Minister for that response and I echo her comments about the tragic killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, but they are not alone. In 2020, at least 182…21 Jun 2022HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourIn Bristol, we have a successful e-scooter rental pilot, but we also see people using e-scooters illegally and using rental e-scooters on the pavement. That can be very scary for…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning that, because it is something that has been bothering me. As I have said before, I was with the police in the operation centre when they were…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)Concern about that has been expressed in Bristol. There are a lot of cyclists in Bristol and many who would be carrying bike locks around with them. College Green is the area…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I entirely agree with the hon. Lady. As I said, the police in Bristol will be used to dealing with these sorts of situations on the streets, but we will have to bring in police…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)Can I ask the Minister to clarify a bit more? He said that someone would be in breach of the order if they attended a protest that the order covered. In Bristol, we tend to have…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I have slightly lost track as to whether we are still at an intervention or not, but I think I am continuing my speech. I have had immigration cases in which people have had a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)That is the end of my speech. Question put and agreed to. Clause 17 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 18 Duration of serious disruption prevention order…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I do not think that is actually what the Bill says, although it is a fairly technical point. I have one other query on notifications. Subsection (6) says that the notification can…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I seek a couple of quick clarifications. Subsection (3) states that there is a duty to notify the police about “the address of any other premises at which…P regularly resides or…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I want to query the Minister’s use of the phrase “unjustifiable behaviour”. What would that cover?16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)To give one example, a few years ago there was a protest in Bristol that involved people blocking the road by sitting and laying their bicycles down in it. That would potentially…16 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ9. We know that, at times of economic hardship, suicide rates are likely to rise too. We saw that after the 2008 crash. As well as doing more to support people through the cost…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillWe have heard today of the potential benefits and of how gene editing could have a role to play in reducing our reliance on fertilisers and pesticides and in creating food that is…15 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSuicide prevention organisations such as the Campaign Against Living Miserably and Papyrus are, sadly, needed more than ever, yet in the current economic climate, because they…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationWill the Secretary of State tell us what Channel 4 said when she suggested to it that it will be privatised?14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)To clarify, when I was talking about protests in general and people breaking the law during a protest, I was not talking about locking on.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I echo what my colleague on the Front Bench, my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon Central, was saying about how we approach the policing of protests in this country. Obviously,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)The Minister has rather pre-empted what I was going to say. The suffragettes knew that they would be arrested but took the decision because they felt their cause warranted it and…14 Jun 2022