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Written Question
Illegal Migration Bill: Habeas Corpus
Thursday 4th May 2023

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has sought legal advice on the compatibility of the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill with habeas corpus.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Any legal advice received by the Home Office is subject to legal professional privilege and, as such, we do not comment on legal advice that may or may not have been sought or received.

Written Question
M25: Protest
Friday 3rd February 2023

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent protests from disrupting traffic on the M25.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 is already in force. This raised the maximum penalty for wilful obstruction of the highway, ensuring offenders can receive proportionate sentences for the disruption they cause.

The Public Order Bill is now passing through Parliament and will improve the police’s ability to respond to highly disruptive tactics. For example, lock-on offence and the associated stop and search power will allow the police to pro-actively prevent the selfish minority of protesters causing serious disruption on our roads.

The Government have tabled an amendment to the Bill which will allow the police to intervene before disruption occurs, enabling them to shut down protests before they descend into chaos. The amendment also allows the police to consider the total disruption caused by multiple events occurring at the same time or in close proximity, as well as long-running campaigns designed to cause repeat disruption over a period of days or weeks.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Jul 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Jul 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Bill

"Can the hon. Lady clarify whether or not she supports protests that cause serious disruptions to people going about their lawful business?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

"This Bill doubles the maximum sentence for an assault on emergency workers. Does the Home Secretary therefore share my astonishment at the irony that the Labour party will now be voting against that provision?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

"I welcome the Bill, which seeks to inject fairness into the criminal justice system and rights many wrongs currently in existence. The protection that clause 46 gives to war memorials and wreaths laid on them is admirable, and I am glad that the provision is being introduced. To desecrate a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jan 2021
Serious Criminal Cases Backlog

"I worked in the Courts Service for 20 years, and there have been case delays under all colours of Government, so the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) has a very selective memory on this issue. It is not surprising that this pandemic has caused delays in court cases …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Scheduled Mass Deportation: Jamaica

"Will the Minister commit to review any law that prevents the deportation of these people, because no law should stop us removing foreign nationals who have committed very serious criminal offences, thereby undermining the very kindness and the hospitality that we have shown them and abusing the process in doing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2020
Reading Terrorist Attack

"Yet again, we have a terrorist attack aimed at the wholly innocent. This was an act of pure hatred. Does the Home Secretary agree that it highlights the difficulties that security forces have to contend with when trying to monitor 30,000 to 40,000 individuals who at any stage could decide …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2019
Major Incident in Essex

"This is clearly an awful tragedy. The people in the container will have endured an unimaginable experience. It will also have had a profound impact on the emergency services who attended the scene in the early hours of this morning. I echo the comments of a number of Members that …..."
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