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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)We are talking about key national infrastructure and whether the use or operation of any key national infrastructure is interfered with or prevented. If an oil refinery is being…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister made that point to several of the people who gave evidence to us, but they did not accept it. Our point is that the Bill automatically criminalises things that are…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)We will talk properly about injunctions under the new clauses, because we have a new clause on that. To clarify, we are not calling for big thing called a national injunction; we…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I have the wrong speech in front of me. I am so sorry.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn . Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 37, in clause 3, page 3, line 3, after “fine” insert “not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale”. A person convicted of an offence of obstructing major…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)Given that the amendment is not mine and I have only supported it in principle, I will not press it to a vote. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I absolutely agree; the struggle within policing to have enough people to do the day job is already bad enough. I have been to Berwick, and very often in the summer months, when…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)What is the Minister’s view on the Prime Minister’s intention to lie in front of bulldozers at the start of the construction of the third runway at Heathrow?14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I am speaking to the amendments, which we have some sympathy with, on behalf of the hon. Member for North East Fife, who is not in her place at the moment. We are moving on from…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 3, page 2, line 26, leave out sub-paragraph (iii). This amendment seeks to limit the range of acts potentially criminalised by this provision.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)Given the vote that we have had on a similar measure, I see little point in pressing amendment 47 to a Division. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)The clause creates a new criminal offence targeting people who have an object with them in a public place with the intention that it will be used in the course of or in connection…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 47, in clause 2, page 2, line 13, leave out “may” and insert “will”.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I just want to clarify what the Minister says because he misrepresented my point, which was not that we should have thousands of officers ready in a kind of French-style tool. My…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)To be clear, the clause makes it an offence to attach oneself in any way to any person, which means that any form of linking arms is a criminal offence. Does the Minister…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)Nothing in the Bill will fix that type of delay.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I have not read about that. As I said, Opposition Members have been horrified by the disruption that we heard about in the evidence sessions. However, everybody who gave evidence…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I did not see that protest. I am sure the police did the job that they needed to do, but—14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Lady is absolutely right, and it is also the case that we have seen protests of this scale and nature for many years. The problems we see now are not unique, and they are…14 Jun 2022