Debates between Angus Brendan MacNeil and Suella Braverman during the 2019 Parliament

Tue 18th Oct 2022

Public Order Bill

Debate between Angus Brendan MacNeil and Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman Portrait Suella Braverman
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My hon. Friend raises an issue that is close to my heart, which is that we need our police officers—our brave men and women, the majority of whom are heroes, frankly, in this nation’s law enforcement and security—to be focusing on our priorities and the priorities of the law-abiding majority. Common sense policing means focusing on targeting and fighting the bad guys, fighting the criminals and stopping crime, not policing pronouns and not pandering to politically correct campaigns.

Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
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Will the Home Secretary give way?

Suella Braverman Portrait Suella Braverman
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I will make progress, I am afraid.

No Government should fail in their duty to protect their citizens from such abuse, and this Government will always put the law-abiding majority first. In a democracy, we make policy through civilised debate and at the ballot box, not through mob rule and not by visiting chaos and misery on our fellow citizens.