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Lords Chamber
Public Order Bill
2nd reading - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) on peaceful protest.” - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) on peaceful protest.” - Speech Link
3: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (CB - Life peer) They do not ban protests, peaceful or otherwise, but they do perpetrate a more subtle mischief. - Speech Link
4: Lord Frost (CON - Life peer) in a free society to restrict individuals’ free movement or right to protest, to free speech, to carry - Speech Link
5: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (LAB - Life peer) rights to peaceful protest and to safeguard our national infrastructure, including our NHS, from dangerous - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Triesman (LAB - Life peer) I want to mention those here, not because I want to restrict people’s freedom of expression but because - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) of rights in the modern age, but our rights go back to well before the drafting of and our accession - Speech Link
3: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) The purpose of the Bill is to protect freedom of speech, but the right to peaceful protest is a fundamental - Speech Link
4: None We want them to become our public intellectuals, do we not? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Order Bill
Report stage - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) question, peaceful protest is a “fundamental part” of UK society.Whatever our individual views on abortion - Speech Link
2: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) We all passionately believe in the right to protest, do we not? - Speech Link
3: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) endorsing and what is occurring on our watch.Defending the right to peaceful protest matters, especially - Speech Link
4: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) I do not even have to have been at a protest to be banned from any future protest—a point not lost on - Speech Link
5: None As I have said already, peaceful protest is a fundamental part of our democracy, and those who make their - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Mahsa Amini - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) rights violations, but we do not comment on operational matters or ongoing discussions. - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription - Speech Link
3: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) Iranians must be able to have peaceful assembly and to protest, and restraint must be exercised. - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) She is able to wear what she chooses and to protest as she chooses. - Speech Link
5: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) We are there to support the rights of women and girls all across the world, and we will continue to do - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
National Security Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Maria Eagle (LAB - Garston and Halewood) It is not right, is it, for us to criminalise activity that we do not really want to criminalise, but - Speech Link
2: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) It is obvious what the amendment is getting at: it is about protest rights, which were raised by my right - Speech Link
3: None If they do not, why not simply leave the issue to the policing and protest Bills that already exist? - Speech Link
4: Stephen McPartland (CON - Stevenage) protest not to be restricted. - Speech Link
5: Stephen McPartland (CON - Stevenage) I may not agree with the purpose of protest, but I agree with the ability of everybody to protest lawfully - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
National Security Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kevan Jones (LAB - North Durham) We do not control those areas, although our defence and intelligence services will be using them. - Speech Link
2: Kevan Jones (LAB - North Durham) I do not want the Minister to start referring to any of them. - Speech Link
3: Stephen McPartland (CON - Stevenage) political system and our rights, and ultimately prejudice our national security.Clause 13 will act as - Speech Link
4: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) which everyone has taken off—but if someone puts their jacket on before heading along to a peaceful protest - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Public Order Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 21 Jun 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Rupa Huq (LAB - Ealing Central and Acton) When is a protest not a protest? These women are subject to harassment. - Speech Link
2: Natalie Elphicke (CON - Dover) pro-life vigils are not ‘protests’…Pro-lifers at peaceful vigils do not behave in a harassing or intimidating - Speech Link
3: Alex Cunningham (LAB - Stockton North) spread further and do more damage to the fabric of our society. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Public Order Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 16 Jun 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) rights legislation, and we heard that during our evidence day. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) I do not have to have attended a protest and no disruption needs to have been caused, and all this is - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) We think it is not and that the orders will contribute to the chilling effect on peaceful, legitimate - Speech Link
4: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) it, I do not have anything further to add. - Speech Link
5: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) gives us the time to do that at our leisure. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Public Order Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) We do not want any legislation to risk our approach. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) protest, and has the potential to sweep up many peaceful protesters. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) protest, one of our core human rights. - Speech Link
4: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) to do was to facilitate protest. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Report stage - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: None most importantly, a right to protest. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) I do not want to spoil the flow of my hon. - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) not protest too loudly. - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) Indeed, more often than not our enemies do not tell us that we are at war—the most effective manner to - Speech Link
5: Michelle Donelan (CON - Chippenham) It is not about lawful, peaceful protest, which of course should be celebrated; it is about a culture - Speech Link