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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I refer back to the fact that the police themselves do not share the hon. Lady’s view. In this case, what they are saying is perfectly sensible. I do not think anybody is saying…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 6 amends section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984—PACE, as we call it—to allow a constable to stop and search a person or vehicle if they have reasonable…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)They might be pushing their bicycle through the centre of the protest and their bicycle lock would be on their bicycle. That would be covered under the Bill. The lunacy of that is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I do not believe that our police are daft at all. I am a big champion of our police and a supporter of everything that they are trying to do. The point is that if someone goes to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend is right. I urge colleagues to read the powers in clause 6. They are very clear and broad. When Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I completely disagree. I am absolutely on the side of ordinary citizens, and the evidence I am referring to comes from the police, not direct from me. I am quoting police officers…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I would be worried if the Minister were not considering these issues. Disproportionality means that if somebody is from a different race—in this case, particularly if they are…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I agree. This is about clarity in law to enable the police to do their job. The Government are introducing sweeping and increasingly wide-ranging powers to cover things that stop…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I will spend a bit of time of clauses 6 and 7 as they are the two important chunks that address suspicion-led and suspicion-less stop and search. The further stop-and-search…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)Amendment 8, tabled by the hon. Member for Glasgow North East, is supported by me and the shadow Home Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)We agree with amendment 9, tabled by the hon. Member for Glasgow North East, and we would leave out the clause. Question put and agreed to. Clause 9 accordingly ordered to stand…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)We support amendment 10, tabled by the hon. Member for Glasgow North East, and we would leave out the clause. We do not support the measure. Liberty has suggested that a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)We have no issues with the clause. To quote Matt Parr in the evidence session: “That strikes me as entirely pragmatic. If you look at the Met, the real expertise in public order…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)A raft of clauses relate to serious disruption prevention orders, but clauses 12 and 13 are the most significant, so I will direct focus my attention on them. The shadow Home…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I do not think that an SPDO has much more safety around it. The conditions under which someone can get an order—which I have just read out—include that they have caused, or…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I will come in a moment to similar orders that I think the police are struggling with in terms of how they are implemented. I hope to make a point about some of the problems with…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is exactly right. In the HMICFRS report on protests, many interviewees expressed intense frustration with the system, and the many reasons they gave for protest…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point. I have not yet quoted from the evidence we had from the coalition of about 20 very reputable women’s organisations that have come together to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 17 covers the general issue that we have debated already in considering earlier clauses, and although we object to it, I do not have anything further to add.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)On that point, will the Minister give way?16 Jun 2022