Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Deben, in his amendment. I have no objection to people w...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to strongly support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Deb...

My Lords, the loud-hailing which took place in Parliament Square was a disgrace. Most of us who h...

There was a campaign for a long time—much too long—to remove the most unsatisfactory arrangement ...

I support the notion, if not necessarily the detail of finding a way of using what is at the hear...

Yes, it parallels exactly what is already enacted for Parliament Square. The reason for that is: ...

My Lords, I accept that, of course, and the possibility of seeking permission. But we have not ex...

My Lords, I realise that when the House is in a mood of almost unanimity the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, I also have been campaigning on this issue for a long time, not least because the gentl...

My Lords, I listened to the debate on my old boss’s amendment with great interest and pleasure. T...

My Lords, this has been a very good small debate on what I consider to be a very important subjec...

There is a precedent for building on sensitive land within the area of Westminster; that is, the ...

I thank the noble Lord for elaborating on what he is thinking. I thank him, genuinely, for trying...

Before my noble friend leaves this point, I remind him—the trouble is, he was not particularly in...

My Lords, I explained that I had been in touch with Westminster City Council and the police. I kn...

I do absolutely. I need to satisfy myself, before we move on, that the existing provisions are no...

Has the Minister left out Marble Arch, the obvious place being Speakers’ Corner, to go on existin...

There are certain places where there has been a tradition of people being able to assemble to spe...

Perhaps I may ask one further short question. In the many cases up and down country where raucous...

I have to hold out that possibility but, on the other hand, it might not. If the latter is the ca...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for the consideration with which he approached my amendment. Th...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

23: Clause 55, page 32, line 8, leave out “two” and insert “thr...

My Lords, your Lordships may be satisfied that we are moving back to stuff that is in the Bill as...

My Lords, this is a large group of amendments which essentially comes down to the purpose of thes...

My Lords, that takes us into some very useful discussion and I am grateful to my noble friend for...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

34A: Clause 55, page 32, line 36, at end insert—

“( ) A p...

My Lords, perhaps we should have discussed this amendment along with the last amendment but one a...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, although the...

I will not waste the Committee’s time by repeating the arguments, but this is an instance where g...

I am really grateful for this debate. It has been very helpful to the Committee to be able to tal...

The noble Lord refers to “any court”. It is of course the local authority that will be making the...

The noble Baroness has only referred to one part of the second condition; there are three tests w...

I am grateful for that discussion. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon, for her su...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

34B: Clause 55, page 32, line 38, leave out “consult...

My Lords, I can be brief with this group of government amendments which implement the recommendat...

I was a bit slow on to my feet; I suspected that there may be other noble Lords wishing to speak ...

I note what the noble Baroness has said and appreciate the support, albeit qualified, for the gov...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

34C: Clause 55, page 32, line 38, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Greaves

35: Clause 55, page 32, line 38, at end insert—

“( ) the ...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 35, I will speak to the other 14 amendments in this group as well. ...

My Lords, I support my noble friend, especially on Amendments 38 and 56ZC. I raise the vexed issu...

My Lords, I want to interrupt this string of Liberal Democrat speakers to correct the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his amendments in this group. I am happy to say that I beli...

My Lords, I am a little overwhelmed by this stream of ministerial reasonableness, having spent mo...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

35A: Clause 55, page 32, line 39, at beginning inser...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

36A: Clause 55, page 32, line 41, at beginning inser...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

41: Clause 55, page 33, line 6, at end insert—

“( ) A pub...

My Lords, this is the last group of amendments that I shall move or speak to. After that there wi...

My Lords, I have Amendment 53FA in this group. It is an amendment to Clause 60, dealing with rest...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends Lord Greaves and Lady Hamwee for explaining their ame...

My Lords, I am grateful for some of that, I think. I am less overwhelmed than I was on the previo...

It would pay my noble friend to read Clause 55 to see that it is targeted at behaviour, not space...

My Lords, that is true, but I shall finish where I started on public spaces protection orders. Th...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

41B: Clause 56, page 33, line 9, leave out “3 years” and ins...

In moving Amendment 41B, I will speak to Amendments 44A, 44B, 49A and 55A. The amendments take us...

My Lords, I have one amendment in this group, which covers very much the same ground as covered b...

My Lords, I understand the nature of the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, an...

My Lords, I share the puzzlement of the noble Lord, Lord Harris, about the provision in Clause 56...

My Lords, I respectfully agree with what the noble and learned Lord has just said. The only way i...

My Lords, there are two problems here. The noble Lord, Lord Harris, is partly right and partly wr...

My Lords, I can see the distinction the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, draws between disruption of an ...

I do not think it is as difficult as that. I think it is quite easy. There are plenty of parks no...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. I have tabled a clause stand part debate because I...

My Lords, I will just add a supplement to my addendum to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord H...

As a point of clarification, I am fully aware that it is not three years in every case—it is up t...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate. In doing so I make...

Does my noble friend accept that there could be a difference between the kinds of restrictions he...

I take on board what my noble friend is saying. That is why I believe that, as the clauses are dr...

The noble Lord invites me to say whether I think it is a good idea. The way to find that out is t...

My Lords, I hope I have illustrated that there is a need to decrease bureaucracy when you take th...

Oh!

What the Government are seeking to do is exactly what we have said on the tin: to allow local aut...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, but if the desire is to give all this fre...

I never object to any noble Lord interjecting and asking questions. I have sought to explain why ...

My Lords, having started as one who believes—I hope that I still do—very considerably in local de...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

44C: Clause 56, page 33, line 24, leave out “consult...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

45A: Clause 56, page 33, line 25, at beginning inser...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

46A: Clause 56, page 33, line 27, at beginning inser...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

49B: Clause 57, page 34, line 2, leave out “consult”...

Moved by

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

51A: Clause 57, page 34, line 5, at beginning insert...