Let me just finish my sentence, and then of course I will give way.
This is a very important principle going back to earlier times when there were huge pressures on parliamentarians. For example, fascists in France tried to stop the French National Assembly meeting in the 1930s. That is why the same rules apply here. I am not saying that any one individual is going to stop any of us, but it is reasonable to say that around Parliament we do not have people permanently demonstrating, and when Parliament is sitting we do not have people permanently trying to break into it.
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Denis MacShane
(Independent (affiliation))
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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