Disturbances (London) Debate

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Department: Home Office

Disturbances (London)

Ian Murray Excerpts
Monday 28th March 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. If he looks at the Riot Act of 1886, he will see that it presents us with an interesting suggestion in dealing with those costs, and I am currently looking into its operation.

Ian Murray Portrait Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab)
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This weekend saw 400,000 people marching in London, while Sunday saw 35,000 of the tartan army march into the Emirates stadium. Will the Home Secretary congratulate those involved on the good nature of those mass events, and put on record her disgust at the violent minority who insist on ruining them?

Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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I am happy to join the hon. Gentleman in saying that, across this House, we want people to be able to demonstrate and make their point peacefully. It is those who chose to use violence to disrupt demonstrations or perpetrate acts of criminality as part of such demonstrations whom we condemn across, I believe, the whole of this House.