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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q And presumably you accept—well, you tell me. Do you accept that the Public Order Act 1986 is a piece of legislation that has stood the test of time and should remain in law?…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I should declare that I am a door tenant at Red Lion Chambers. Mr Wagner, I will first deal with the issues you raised. Presumably you accept that freedom of speech and freedom…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I must confess that I cannot see that wording—perhaps we can take this up afterwards. Clause 55(6) talks about “serious disruption to the activities of an organisation”, or,…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q On public order, we heard mention earlier of the phrase “serious annoyance” in clause 59. That brings the common law offence of public nuisance on to the statute book. Chief…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q This is a quick question for Mr Crossley. The CSJ has obviously done a lot of work over the years on gang crime and on the many levers we can try to use to address it. What is…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q To clarify, that phrasing has derived not from Home Office officials or Ministers dreaming it up on the back of an envelope; it follows many centuries of legal development,…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q My final question is on the extraction of information from digital devices. Particularly in the context of sexual offences, we have an understanding of the impact that searching…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q A quick point of clarification. Mr Sweeting, in relation to clause 59, which is the statutory offence of public nuisance, you made reference to wishing there was a defence of…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)So what is appropriate distress—18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Just to assist the Committee, clause 61 focuses on the conditions whereby this offence can be committed. The phrases “significant damage”, “significant disruption” and…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q On the subject of unauthorised encampments, can you give us any insight about the harms and costs caused by unauthorised encampments in your local areas? Alison Hernandez: I…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)I accept that. There are provisions on common lands as well—you are quite right.18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That— (1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 am on Tuesday 18 May) meet— (a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 18 May; (b) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on…18 May 2021HANSARD Online Scams: Consumer ProtectionIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani, and a real pleasure to respond to the debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillOne more time, then I have to make progress.26 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI thank hon. and right hon. Members across the House for the constructive tone they have maintained not just tonight but throughout. I am particularly moved by the comments the…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 9B.26 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillAs the right hon. Lady will know, category 1 perpetrators have to have committed a specified sexual offence under the legislation, and for category 2 they have to have been…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am extremely grateful to the right hon. Lady for clarifying that. This is the nub of it: through the framework that already exists—improved guidance, the national framework that…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe flexibility of category 3 means that that is already possible, if there has been a conviction. I gave the example on 15 April of criminal damage, such as if somebody kicks…26 Apr 2021