Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (Designated Area) Order 2005  

Before the noble Baroness sits down, perhaps I may ask her a question. We know from what Mrs Flint said in another place that the aim of the law is to prevent disruption to the work of Parliament and access to the House. As I have understood the noble Baroness, she is saying that the one kilometre area is necessary to fulfil this objective. But supposing there is a group of people within the one kilometre area who do not intend to disrupt the work of the House or to address their protest to Parliament, but intend to address it to No. 10 Downing Street or the Ministry of Defence. Would they be caught by the order? On the explanations given by Mrs Flint and by the noble Baroness, it seems to me that they would not because the intention of the demonstrators would not be to disrupt Parliament but to protest to the executive arm of government. Perhaps the noble Baroness may have some reflections on that situation.