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Public Order Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 7 February 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Order Bill.

May I respond to the noble Baroness, because I think she misrepresented what I said? I think I said that the officer would be intervening because of criminal behaviour, not because someone was a journalist or was suspected of being one. That would be the reason. There may be cases where an officer has intervened because they thought someone was a journalist and they did not want it to be recorded. I am not saying that has never happened;

that would be wrong. There is no doubt about that. My point was only that the only reason for an officer to intervene should be—in principle, from the law—because the person is committing a criminal offence. That is what the Bill is all about: defining what is criminal and what is not. Therefore, I do not think it is fair to represent what I said as picking on someone because they are a journalist.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
827 c1131 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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