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HANSARD Public OrderThe right hon. Gentleman raises an important point. The Government’s job is to provide sufficient, lawful and proportionate powers for the police to exercise. They have…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderI beg to move, That the draft Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderThe hon. Gentleman is right to emphasise the impact of repetitive, disruptive protesters. That they are behaving disruptively again and again is evidence that we now need to…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderOne of the first things I did when I became Home Secretary, along with the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire and the Prime Minister, was to meet policing leads, in the…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I pay tribute to the noble and honourable way in which he advocates for his constituents in relation to RAF Scampton. We live in a…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that the evolving tactics—the guerrilla tactics—that we are now seeing being deployed by these campaigners are unacceptable and the police…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderI thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions in what has been a fruitful and lively debate. I will not spend too much time responding to Labour’s position. The…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderI will not give way, as I have taken a lot of interventions. The regulations will make it clear that serious disruption to the life of the community includes “the prevention of,…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderThe fact that the right hon. Lady has to ask that question reflects her total misunderstanding of what we are debating here today. Of course the police have powers enshrined in…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderThe Chamber will not be surprised that I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. The right to protest is an important and fundamental right that I will ferociously defend, but serious…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderTheir tactics are dangerous. They are putting people’s lives at risk by stopping ambulances getting to emergencies and stopping people getting to hospital appointments. They are…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderSadly, we see unsurprising tactics from the Labour party. Again, Labour Members seek to distract from their woeful failure to stand up for the law-abiding majority, who want us to…12 Jun 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Act 2016: Consultation on Notices RegimesOn 9 February 2023, I published a report on the operation of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, in line with statutory obligations. Prior to that, in January 2023, I appointed…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationAsylum seekers, whether they are accommodated in the UK or relocated to a safe country such as Rwanda, will always receive the appropriate level of support to which they are…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationOur new sites will be rolled out following and in conjunction with close consultation with the relevant authorities—local authorities, health authorities and education…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationAs I said to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi), the hon. Gentleman really needs to listen more carefully to what the Prime Minister promised in his statement. We are on track…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe answer is yes. I have been working flat out with the Prime Minister on identifying alternative sites and rolling out alternative accommodation on those sites. We are very much…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI prefer to focus on the problem and the solutions to the problem. The problem we have here—one on which the British public overwhelmingly support the Government’s plans—is to…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI disagree with the hon. Member’s ingenious proposal because the reality is that the right to work would act as a magnet. It would act as a pull factor in this very complex issue…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI ask the hon. Member whether she has even read the High Court judgment that looks extensively at our agreement with Rwanda. It looks in detail at our arrangements with Rwanda and…05 Jun 2023