Public Order Bill

I thank hon. Members who have joined us for this important debate today and I look forward to the...

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I think the hon. Lady will want to hear me out.

We recognise that this is a matter closely ...

I rise to support all the amendments in the name of the Labour Front Bench, and to speak to new c...

I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for what she has done to bring us to this position. I am grateful ...

I would not deign to comment on or set out Conservative principles, although I have the free spee...

My concern about street harassment is that it could be too broad. I am particularly concerned abo...

I agree that cyber flashing is an issue that needs to be addressed, but I caution the hon. Lady t...

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The right hon. Gentleman cannot intervene because he was not here at the beginning of the hon. La...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I promise I was just about to wind up. I hope the Minister will ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy).

2 pm

I th...

I apologise for not having been here earlier, Madam Deputy Speaker; I was dealing with other parl...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We need national legislation; we do not want a piecemeal ...

I rise to speak to the amendments in my name and the name of the hon. Member for Vauxhall (Floren...

I welcome that. I am a firm believer that we are stronger together and a firm believer in the Uni...

I suspect the Minister will still hear our views after we become independent, so I would not get ...

I wanted to reflect on the point that it is not just about our constituents in Scotland being con...

That is a very good point and I am grateful to the hon. Lady for making it.

It is a matter ...

I am grateful to have the opportunity to support new clause 11, which was tabled by the hon. Memb...

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, as indeed he did yesterday evening. I was concerned and lo...

I say rather wryly to my hon. Friend, “Good try.” But it is not really adequate, is it? All our l...

It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin). I r...

I entirely share the right hon. Gentleman’s commitment and his opposition to a third runway at He...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman to a certain extent. I congratulate Hillingdon Council, which has...

I rise to oppose new clause 11 on the basis of its grave implications—indeed, threats—to freedom ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and I am listening carefully to what she is saying...

I have spoken against that principle on a number of occasions in this place and I will come on to...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I am just about to conclude.

One of the main reasons freedom of speech and thought are trea...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), although I respectfully d...

Is the hon. Lady therefore fully satisfied that the powers that exist are fully complete and full...

I thank the Minister for his intervention, and I will shortly come on to speak about the powers t...

If new clause 11 is agreed to, will the Labour party vote against Third Reading?

I will come to new clause 11 shortly, and express my support and our support for that new clause....

Over the past few days I have been accused of being tired, emotional, erratic, and, just to put t...

My hon. Friend rightly compliments the police for routinely arresting and charging those who are ...

I thank the Minister for his intervention, because I am now warming to my task to nail a stake th...

The hon. Gentleman is making a fantastic speech that is being admired on both sides of the House....

The Conservative party is the architect of its own misfortune, and we must deal with that and res...

I rise to speak to the new clauses tabled in my name and those of my hon. Friends the Members for...

We hear figures from Wales that eight out of every 1,000 white people are stopped and searched. W...

The right hon. Member is absolutely right. That is why I support new clauses 9 and 10 in the name...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. She is making a very powerful speech in support of her ame...

I thank my right hon. Friend, and he is absolutely right. Far too often, families like the Kaba f...

I am surprised we are debating this again. It was only in 2018 when the Home Office concluded the...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I have been told not to speak for long and I want to get on with it.

3.15 pm

We a...

It is pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), although I do...

This may be the intervention that another Member was about to make. The protests around buffer zo...

I thank the right hon. Lady for that intervention, and I absolutely agree. We know that women som...

I wish to start by expressing my strong support for the provisions that the Bill brings forward. ...

Following on from my hon. Friend’s argument, for which I have some sympathy, does he agree that p...

My hon. Friend knows of what he speaks. There are many Members who have been subject to the very ...

I rise to speak in support of several amendments, including new clauses 1 to 5, tabled by the off...

I deeply respect the hon. Lady’s policing experience and that of her family, but she has implied ...

What I am trying to say is that the existing legislation already deals with those circumstances, ...

I rise to speak in favour of new clause 11.

In a perfect world, no woman or girl would be r...

I advise the House that I will be calling Anne McLaughlin to start the wind-ups no later than 4.1...

Frankly, there is so much wrong with the Bill that it is difficult to know where to start. It bas...

In all honesty, it is worth wondering whether Welsh language rights would exist at all today if m...

I thank the right hon. Member for her powerful contribution with which I entirely agree.

I ...

My hon. Friend is making an absolutely excellent speech. The right to roam would not have happene...

Do I agree? Yes, I do. The right hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. As someone who took...

In introducing new clause 11, the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) is merely picking u...

I am so disappointed that we are debating a piece of legislation that should have been resigned t...

Order. I am expecting four Divisions when the Minister resumes his seat.

I hope that we will have fewer, Mr Deputy Speaker, and that hon. Members will be withdrawing thei...

Will the Minister give way?

I have lots of Members to cover, but I will of course give way.

The Minister is his usual charming self, but what we are talking about is putting ankle tags on p...

That would be a decision made by a court in very specific circumstances, and I do trust our court...

I think the Minister should now be persuaded, particularly as one of his predecessors, my hon. Fr...

I sympathise with the sentiment behind new clause 11. I hope we all agree that it is wholly unacc...

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I give way to the hon. Lady as this is her new clause.

I know that the Minister is listening both to the testimony of previous colleagues and the sentim...

My hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle mentioned the reviews that have been done: the...

Because some of our colleagues will not have been able to follow the whole debate, will the Minis...

It is a free vote and I will be voting against the amendment. I believe the powers and legislativ...

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I was about to turn to my hon. Friend. She tabled amendments 51 and 52, which would add farms and...

I thank my hon. Friend for recognising that the actions of vegan militias over the summer in disr...

I am delighted to confirm that I will meet my hon. Friend in December and talk through our view w...

As I said earlier, I am anticipating four Divisions. The first one will, I believe, be on new cla...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The Public Order Bill reflects the...

Does the Home Secretary agree that the police should consider the wider, cumulative impacts of pr...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. Fundamentally, police and key partners should view t...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that, given the strict limitation of police resources, the police...

My hon. Friend raises an issue that is close to my heart, which is that we need our police office...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

I will make progress, I am afraid.

No Government should fail in their duty to protect their...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

I am afraid I do not have much time.

When I was the Attorney General, I went to court to es...

There is very little time left. I call the shadow Home Secretary.

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I just think it is astonishing: the Home Secretary actually talked about a “coalition of chaos”, ...