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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)Our issues with this clause are similar to those we have with all the others. We support the amendment to pull the clause from the Bill in its entirety, as it supports the general…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)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 (Fifth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that perfect point. This is the challenge that policing has, and we have seen it with the recruitment of new officers as well. We need to make sure that…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)It is slightly worrying how the Minister talks about this differently from his own police. The NPCC and the College of Policing talk about it in a very different way. They say…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 (Fifth sitting)That is a completely unreasonable distinction to make. I have challenged the number of young black men who have been murdered in my constituency many, many times. Indeed, that is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)No, but I am saying that the two are not connected, and we cannot connect them. The victims are often young black people—I find that as awful as anybody else would, and I have…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)Some.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 3 introduces a new offence of obstructing the construction or maintenance of any major transport works. That would include if a person obstructs a construction worker “in…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 52, in clause 4, page 5, line 18, after “newspaper printing infrastructure.” insert— “(j) emergency services.” The amendment adds emergency services to the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)There are byelaws, and there are others laws that could be used in that situation. My point is that two children protesting outside Starbucks might be considered to have committed…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)Sadly, the Government are good at wasting taxpayer money. We have seen lots of cases of the profligate use of funds; let us hope this will not be a similar case.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)Well, it does not, because it has not been implemented. When it is, there will be six-month sentences attached to that. Criminal damage can lead to up to 10 years in prison,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for North East Fife for tabling her amendments, which we are happy to support. She spoke…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)My point is that where the police needed to intervene at Greenham Common, they intervened. Where they needed to arrest and charge people, they arrested and charged people.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)It was jolly good that the police were there and able to deal with that case. We do not need new legislation to enable them to do their job, which they did swiftly and well. We…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)The point is that the offence would not be a deterrent, given that there are plenty of other things that people are charged with, and imprisoned and fined for. It would not be a…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I absolutely agree. In addition—this is most peculiar—a whole raft of legislation on protest has been passed by this House but not yet implemented. We are layering legislation on…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I know it is early in the morning to test the will of the Committee, but I wish to move the amendment formally, in part because the NPCC has concerns about the wording, as do many…14 Jun 2022