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Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

Proceeding contribution from Sadiq Khan (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 July 2005. It occurred during Debate on bills on Racial and Religious Hatred Bill.
Does my hon. Friend agree that publicising the fact that there will be no power to make a citizen’s arrest will avoid the sort of examples from the Australian state of Victoria that the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) cited? He gave examples of individuals attending religious meetings and trying to orchestrate the arrest of people making speeches by saying that they were inflammatory. Does the Minister agree that the new clause will protect lay preachers who are worried that the Bill might allow citizens to arrest them in clearly wrong circumstances?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
436 c598 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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