The way my right hon. Friend puts it is good. It is in exactly those circumstances, where the police are concerned that one of the specified crimes may be committed, that they can use this power. Those crimes are specified in clause 11(1), and include offences under section 137 of the Highways Act 1980—that is wilfully obstructing the highway—offences under section 78 of the relatively new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which involve
“intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance”,
and various offences under the Bill, which include causing serious disruption by
“tunnelling…being present in a tunnel… obstruction etc of major transport works”,
interfering with critical national infrastructure, as well as “locking on”, which I think is the point made by my right hon. Friend.