Public Order Bill

I agree, of course, with my noble friend and I am sure we will come on to that subject in some de...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this Second Reading. There is no difference betwee...

My Lords, I remind the House of my experience in public order policing: I was an advanced trained...

My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. However, my personal interest in the policing ...

My Lords, I think many of us in this debate will have a feeling of déjà vu. No matter how many pi...

My Lords, I declare my registered interest as a council member of Justice, the all-party UK secti...

My Lords, this legislation is unnecessary, dangerous, largely unwanted, and futile. It is unneces...

My Lords, I have to say that I am in two minds about the Bill. One must give credit to the Govern...

My Lords, I will be opposing the Bill but I want to make some broader observations first.

R...

My Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of the Bill—briefly because I want to focus on the m...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Viscount, although, however tempted I am, I am not goi...

My Lords, who is this Bill addressed to? I know how I would answer that question, and my noble fr...

My Lords, in the case of Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence, the late, lamented Lord Jus...

My Lords, I should perhaps declare an interest as a regular tofu eater. I would be very happy to ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, particularly today. I fear...

My Lords, there seems to be a litany of problems with Clause 9, but I will pick up on just a few....

My Lords, I felt that this debate was moving quite fast, and I realised that this was because man...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. I always agree with s...

My Lords, the Bill presents a dilemma that we have faced over many years, as many have said. In a...

My Lords, given the tide of elegant criticism of the Bill this afternoon on principle and in deta...

My Lords, I do not normally speak in debates on police Bills and bring no particular knowledge or...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Horam. I have not heard him speak in this H...

My Lords, there is no doubt that there has been a growing incidence of public order situations re...

I realise that the nine-minute time limit is advisory but can I ask the noble Baroness to bring h...

Yes; I will do so shortly. Surely we do not think it appropriate to criminalise those who seek to...

I must ask the noble Baroness to bring her speech to an end, please.

I will—I have very little to say. I ask noble Lords to bear with me; this is an important point. ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan. I agree with much of what s...

My Lords, I speak on this Bill solely on the issue of Clause 9 and, in the course of my speech, I...

My Lords, I too am a protester. In fact, I attended a protest on Saturday. It was a March for Mum...

My Lords, in this country, we accept the principle of peaceful assembly in public places as a fou...

My Lords, it is very cold in this House; I wonder what has happened to the heating. It certainly ...

My Lords, I believe that it is the duty of the person finishing off the speeches by the many Back...

My Lords, speaking in the gap, I will be brief and limit my comments to the inclusion of buffer z...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick said in November last year when broadly similar powers wer...

They did.

Okay, that is fair enough, but what I did not like was the tweet from Just Stop Oil saying, in ef...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, opened by pointing out that there has been no unquali...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions throughout this debate. I will endeavou...