As we are in Committee, I confess that I was a Minister of State in the Home Office when the Public Order Act 1986 went through the House. I have a clear recollection of the discussions on what the outcome might be and how useful the legislation would be. I assure the noble Baroness that we never had stupid cases like these in my time in the Home Office, so something must have happened to change the general climate.
Police and Justice Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Waddington
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 20 June 2006.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Police and Justice Bill.
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