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Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None I would not wish to criminalise anybody who wants to do the right thing for people, but it is important - Speech Link
2: None These children don’t seem to be being looked after. This is not something I want to support.” - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Don’t get excited—it’s not that great!Motorcyclists have to be tested even more than car drivers. - Speech Link
4: None Any legislation that seeks to silence dissent or to criminalise those who dare to challenge power must - Speech Link
5: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool Riverside) Most recently, we have seen the farmers protesting outside Parliament, the mass trespass organised by - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) It will make it an offence for a person to trespass on any premises—that covers any building, part of - Speech Link
2: Kirith Entwistle (Lab - Bolton North East) own lives because of abuse must no longer be invisible to the law.In short, amendment 20 would criminalise - Speech Link
3: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) They said, “We know it’s happening, but we don’t have the resources to come and deal with it.” - Speech Link
4: Lola McEvoy (Lab - Darlington) We do not want to criminalise those who are not doing that. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) I am, of course, responsible for healthcare in England, so I will not trespass on the health needs of - Speech Link
2: Steve Brine (Con - Winchester) The Bill does not criminalise existing smokers, and it ensures that the purchase of tobacco by those - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) If we banned an addictive substance overnight, we would criminalise those already addicted. - Speech Link
4: Giles Watling (Con - Clacton) It also might criminalise people inadvertently.There is a way forward. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) I shall not trespass on to the genocide declaration, because my identical twin, the hon. - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Member for Putney said, from then on states were not only committed to having a legal obligation to criminalise - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Order Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 07 Mar 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rupa Huq (LAB - Ealing Central and Acton) I don’t want to eat up time. - Speech Link
2: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) When we criminalise prayer, private thought or, indeed, consensual conversations between two adults, - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) resources to complete a pregnancy, the opportunity to talk if they wanted to do so.We must not criminalise - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Long Bailey (LAB - Salford and Eccles) definition, and the peaceful and often innocent conduct that the police would seemingly be able to criminalise - Speech Link
5: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) Criminal damage is an offence, as are conspiracy to cause damage, trespass, aggravated trespass, public - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Order Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Mon 30 Jan 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None , how this Bill could be used against the protests against low-traffic neighbourhoods, they said, “Don’t - Speech Link
2: Lord Hogan-Howe (CB - Life peer) certainly in London—not the rest of country, frankly—by congestion and, therefore, why should we criminalise - Speech Link
3: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) commander said when I presented my solution for rotating police officers between uniform and CID, “I don’t - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chakrabarti (LAB - Life peer) lowest, could literally be linking arms; or going equipped, which is a thought crime that could criminalise - Speech Link
5: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services:“Most interviewees did not wish to criminalise - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Committee stage - Mon 19 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) The offences are drawn so badly and broadly that they will criminalise a huge range of conduct which - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) Either they should say “We don’t need to do that”, lay out why it is not necessary for Parliament to - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) The JCHR gives the example that the offence would seem to criminalise a French national in the UK who - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) The JCHR suggests that it is more akin to an offence of criminal trespass—it will have nothing to do - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) Any new legislation that may be introduced at a future date will not be looking to criminalise anyone - Speech Link
2: None We must support those on the street to turn their lives around, not criminalise them. - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) package of new clauses and amendments, most of which will be debated on day two, and I will try not to trespass - Speech Link
4: James Grundy (CON - Leigh) I remember—it was before I was born—that the campaign against it was, “Don’t vote for Mr R. E. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Order Bill
Committee stage - Tue 22 Nov 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Some will say, “Don’t worry; this is only to be used in very specific instances of access to abortion - Speech Link
2: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) We must make sure we do not inadvertently criminalise large numbers of people. - Speech Link
3: Lord Farmer (CON - Life peer) We do not have the information as to how many partners have said, “I don’t want this child, go and have - Speech Link
4: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) Can the Minister confirm that this new law as drafted would criminalise someone who accompanies a woman - Speech Link
5: Lord Farmer (CON - Life peer) At the moment, it is the kind of evidence where we are saying, “We know about and maybe you don’t.” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Order Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Balfe (CON - Life peer) It is man-in-the-pub stuff: “Oh, we don’t like this”—of course we do not want people to stick themselves - Speech Link
2: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) He started talking about offences of aggravated trespass and having low sentences, but Section 78 has - Speech Link
3: Lord Hope of Craighead (CB - Life peer) We’ve got to do something about it, so I don’t mind how much disruption I cause to however many people - Speech Link
4: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) My understanding is that the Minister is saying, “Don’t worry, trust the police.” - Speech Link