This was raised the last time we had this debate, but the Minister mentioned the crime of nuisance. The threshold for that is incredibly low. An inspector could be concerned that there was a chance that someone would commit this offence by being seriously annoying or inconveniencing somebody, and then we let loose suspicionless stop and search of hundreds, potentially thousands, of people, for no further reason than that. Is that not a ludicrously low threshold for triggering these search powers?
Public Order Bill
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Stuart C McDonald
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 22 March 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Order Bill.
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