Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2020 to Question 91956, whether people speaking and attending peaceful protests against the (a) autumn 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions and (b) Government's use of powers attached to that lockdown can be (i) arrested and (ii) charged with provisions under in the Serious Crime Act 2007 around the commissioning of an offence and incitement; and if she will make a statement.
Decisions regarding whether to arrest and charge individuals is a matter for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.