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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) the 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: Lord Hope of Craighead (CB - Life peer) However, the prosecution for aggravated trespass was upheld as not amounting to a disproportionate interference - Speech Link
2: Lord Hogan-Howe (CB - Life peer) day, certainly in London—not the rest of country, frankly—by congestion and, therefore, why should we criminalise - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (LAB - Life peer) its lowest, could literally be linking arms; or going equipped, which is a thought crime that could 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) It does not seem very sensible to criminalise such behaviour. - 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
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

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 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
5: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) of access or only a limited right of access”.Would that activity therefore be covered under existing trespass - 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 Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) Bill extend to private land; currently, those who lock on or tunnel are only committing aggravated trespass - Speech Link
3: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) He started talking about offences of aggravated trespass and having low sentences, but Section 78 has - Speech Link
4: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) My understanding is that the Minister is saying, “Don’t worry, trust the police.” - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) dairy in the West Midlands, 80 people were arrested at an oil facility near Heathrow for aggravated trespass - Speech Link
2: Lord Blair of Boughton (CB - Life peer) like an ideal moment for the use of the newly legislated and excellently drafted offence of criminal trespass - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) I am irritated, but does that mean that I can call the police and say, “Please don’t do that”? - Speech Link
4: Lord Balfe (CON - Life peer) I see in a lot of the proposed trade union legislation a reflex action—“Don’t let’s understand, don’t - Speech Link
5: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) of an engine, Malicious Damage Act 1861 … endangering road users, Road Traffic Act 1988; aggravated trespass - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) Wade would travel across the Atlantic and impact us here.At the time I said, “No, I don’t”, but since - Speech Link
2: None Aggravated trespass is an offence, which can also lead to a prison sentence. - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) Where there is criminal damage or trespass, they already have the power to respond. - Speech Link
4: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) There’s immense pressure, maybe they don’t have financial means to support themselves or their baby, - Speech Link