"Q With locking on, in terms of individuals locking on to tankers et cetera, roughly what proportion are employing locking on tactics, as opposed to just blocking key roads around depots, et cetera?
Elizabeth de Jong: I do not have an analysis of that available...." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"Q Do you feel that the police have been as interventionist as they ought to have been? Have there been occasions when you have been slightly frustrated that the police have not been more, for want of a better phrase, on it when it comes to intervening and moving …..." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"Q Do you think that all of this disruption has in any way fed through to increased prices of petrol and diesel?
Elizabeth de Jong: It has had an impact on fuel deliveries. It has been hard to estimate that, but, for example, I can give you evidence that …..." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"Q Sir Peter, I think you mentioned the point about police forces being aware of views within communities when it comes to policing protests. I am somebody who thinks it is very important that all protests are policed in the same way, and my slight concern is that it …..." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"I am very pleased to speak in this debate, and to speak quite early on as well. I was pleased to support the policing Bill and I am pleased to support this Bill as well. It was disappointing that some of the amendments made through that Bill were defeated in …..." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"I very much agree with my hon. Friend’s comments. We have heard—both today, but also outside of this debate—from senior Opposition Members that they get it, and that actually they do want to put some restrictions in place to stop excessive protests that can have very damaging consequences for people. …..." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"I will not. This Bill provides further evidence that this Government and Conservative Members get the difference between peaceful and other protests, and that they understand the anger of my constituents and others who are sick of being in hock to an extreme fringe. We do not have the conflict …..." Tom Hunt - View Speech
"It seems to me that the right hon. Gentleman feels that sometimes direct action is justified, but that perhaps on other occasions it is not. Will he expand on who should decide whether it is justifiable? Would it be the representative Government or him?..." Tom Hunt - View Speech