Public Spaces Protection Orders Debate

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Department: Home Office

Public Spaces Protection Orders

Baroness Chakrabarti Excerpts
Thursday 27th October 2022

(1 year, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Chakrabarti Portrait Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab)
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My Lords, will the Minister help me, for clarity: does the relevant guidance prohibit or advise against incentivising enforcement for profit motives rather than because it is the right application of the law?

Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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No, the relevant guidance does not, because, as I say, this is a matter for the local authorities. As I understand it, there is no mention of profit.