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HANSARDPublic Order BillI apologise to the noble Lords, but I have nothing more to say on the subject. I have tried to explain how this relates to the Section 60 powers. Our intention, I say again, was…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillI am grateful to my noble friend for pointing out that Clause 11(6) says: “This section confers on any constable in uniform power … to stop any person and search them or anything…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for his closing words; as the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, said, “No pressure”. I thank all noble Lords for their impassioned…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. In answer to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, about the duration of the previous debate,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillNot at this point, I will have to write to the noble Lord.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillWell, I thank the noble Lord for that, and the answer is, of course, no.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillI will certainly endeavour to—I can make no promises. I am sorry: the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, asked me about recklessness, which I forgot to answer. The definition of reckless…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I am afraid I do.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillThe training of police— I am sorry. The scope of the offences is drafted as such to ensure that all kinds of behaviour that protestors engage in to cause misery and disruption can…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillThat is captured. As I say, “A person commits an offence if they have an object with them in a place other than a dwelling with the intention that it may be used in the course of…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, once again, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate this evening. It has been a very lively and thoughtful discussion generally. I look forward—I…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, these things are judged on a case-by-case basis. It would depend entirely on where I was, what I was doing and also the intention as described in Clause 2 of the Bill.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this shortish debate. I have already spoken about the damage and disruption that these offences can cause. Narrowing the…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I think I have gone into reasonable detail on the reasonable excuse situation, so I will rest my comments there for now.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillI commit to doing that in the debate on a later group.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillI will come back to the noble Lord on that.16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I once again thank your Lordships for all the contributions made in this debate. We turn to a series of amendments which seek to raise the threshold for the…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, it is reasonable to say at this point that we are about to have two days of quite detailed explanation on that, so I am afraid that that is as far as I can go on this.…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, to which I have listened carefully. Before I turn to the specific amendments in the group, I shall start by…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillWell, we are about to go into a good deal of discussion about things such as serious disruption, key national infrastructure and so on, which form essential parts of this Bill. I…16 Nov 2022