Demonstrations: Parliament Square

(asked on 4th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for (1) public order, and (2) access to Parliament, government departments and health services, of protests by (a) taxi drivers, and (b) climate change protesters in Parliament Square in February.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
This question was answered on 18th March 2019

The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police, who keep the implications of specific protests under continual review to ensure proportionate policing plans are in place.

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