The crucial point that I was trying to make is that we are dealing here with serious disruption. I have been trying to get a definition of what that really means. These two points meet: you have to identify what you mean by “serious disruption”, and you reach a point where the proportionality tips against the person who is causing the disruption. That is what we need to get at and why the language in the Bill needs to be more precise to enable that to be determined.
Public Order Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hope of Craighead
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 16 November 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Public Order Bill.
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