But it is a valid point, which was also addressed in Committee. We get ourselves into a ludicrous position in which someone turning up with a sleeping bag to wait for the wedding—as the Prime Minister did, when, as he told us, he turned up with his sleeping bag for a previous royal wedding—could be arrested under the legislation in the same way.
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John McDonnell
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 31 March 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill.
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