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HANSARDPublic Order LegislationThe noble Lord will remember that, although the three organisations were put together, Palestine Action has committed three attacks that met the threshold set out in the very Act…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPublic Order LegislationI will happily meet the noble Lord to discuss his report and recommendations. What Palestine Action is doing now has reached a threshold. Its actions before were criminal; they…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI am grateful to His Majesty’s Opposition and to the Liberal Democrats for their initial questions. I will start, if I may, with the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower. He makes the…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe noble Lord heckles from a sedentary position. We have been in office for 13 months now, and we have taken action—which relates, as I will come to, to what the noble Lord, Lord…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI am grateful for the suggestion from the noble Viscount. He will know that we have published an immigration White Paper, which trails a number of potential measures that are…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumTo live in this country requires basic adherence to tenets of good behaviour, and if foreign nationals commit offences then they should be deported at the end of their sentence.…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThat is a very valid question, and I am grateful for the broad support that the noble Lord has given to the proposals before us. We have said in the immigration Bill, and we have…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPublic Order LegislationI assure the noble Baroness that the rights to free speech, to protest, and to make a view known about Palestine or Israel, or any other issue before the House, are central to the…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPublic Order LegislationIf the noble Viscount is referring to recent actions relating to Palestine Action, which I believe he is, he will remember that the House of Commons voted 385 to 26 only on 23…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPublic Order LegislationI am grateful to my noble friend. As I have just said, legislation is kept under review at all times. We have legislation coming before this House very shortly in the Crime and…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPublic Order LegislationMy Lords, post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 began in May 2025. It will assess how the Act operates in practice. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act…02 Sept 2025HANSARDPalestine Action Protests: ArrestsThis Government—and I personally—have no time for antisemitism. We will take action against it; we will look at the review and the reports that have been made and respond to the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPalestine Action Protests: ArrestsThe purpose of Parliament, both the House of Commons and this House, is to pass legislation. We have done that with overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament in favour…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPalestine Action Protests: ArrestsThe terms of the proscription order are clear and were passed by the House of Commons and this House. However, ultimately, the charging decisions and whether to seek permission…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPalestine Action Protests: ArrestsAs I have said to the House, both at the time of the proscription order going through this House but also now, peaceful protest around the issue of Palestine is entirely…23 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question. I hope that I can help him. Essex Police have issued a statement: “There are claims on social media that Essex Police officers…23 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityThe key to that objective, which I share, is speeding up the asylum claims process. Therefore, the Government have invested in roughly 1,000 further individuals who are helping to…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPalestine Action Protests: ArrestsI am grateful to my noble friend. I can only repeat to this House that I believe the proscription order is clear in relation to the offences that potentially could be committed…23 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityWhen fake posts are drawn to the Government’s attention, or when they examine those matters, they ask for the posts to be taken down. It is important that we maintain the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityAny potential crime committed anywhere—be it in a hotel or a town centre —is a matter for the police to investigate. It is then for the police to charge people and for a jury of…23 Jul 2025