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Grand Committee
Peaceful Protests - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) in peaceful protest and that protests should not be used as surveillance opportunities. - Speech Link
2: Lord Paddick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) In the case of peaceful protest, that is to ensure that the protest remains peaceful. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) peaceful protest, which has helped us in this country win so many of our historic rights. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Again, that does not negate the right to peaceful protest. - Speech Link


Select Committee
Third Report - Policing of protests

Report Feb. 27 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: The police have duties to not prevent, hinder or restrict peaceful assembly except to the extent allowed


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 30 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) I do not expect or intend to change that. - Speech Link
2: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) to restrict the rights of one group of people in favour of those of another.The bill is not concerned - Speech Link
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) The right to choose is the fundamental precept of our attitude to reproductive rights and our policy - Speech Link
4: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) I would also not seek to restrict the right of trade unions to protest. - Speech Link
5: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) stage that we are not the first to do this? - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 12 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: None primarily there to pray, not to protest. - Speech Link
2: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) If it is prayer rather than protest, is it not okay to do it at or outside the church rather than at - Speech Link
3: None for those who do not share our faith. - Speech Link
4: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) I do not recall our having heard being raised the issue of religious messages that are not about abortion - Speech Link
5: None do not think that you should restrict it by saying that only medical professionals can decide what is - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 27 Feb 2024

Mentions:
1: None It is really important to understand that the protests are not neutral or peaceful. - Speech Link
2: None We think that the bill is an attempt not to restrict freedom of expression, religion or protest, but - Speech Link
3: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) One such argument is that, in part, they do not see their action as protest, but as an opportunity to - Speech Link
4: None most difficult thing for our staff and for our clinics is that, when a new protest pops up, it is very - Speech Link
5: None the women and it is nothing to do with fighting for their rights. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Security of Elected Representatives - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) What these thugs were actually asking us to do was to put our constituents second, and to bow to those - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley Central) Although we absolutely respect the fundamental freedom to legitimate peaceful protest—it is a core democratic - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) I enjoy talking to my constituents, and I do not want to be asked to have a travel plan to go to my local - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) such as that we should restrict the right to protests. - Speech Link
5: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) We must protect MPs, but we must also ensure that the public’s right to peaceful protest is protected - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) Most extremist materials and activities are not illegal and do not meet the terrorism or the national - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) at our approach, the real sin would have been not to do so and to have stuck to a course that had led - Speech Link
3: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) We are not seeking to ban or restrict the operation of organisations in a free society; we are simply - Speech Link
4: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) It does not go far enough to tackle the real extremists, and it does not do enough to protect the non-extremists - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The question for our Government must be: have we been moved as much to do all we can? - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) I do not believe that that was in the interests of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, and I do not think - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) under review as appropriate, but she will not be particularly surprised to hear me say that we do not - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) them with threats of continued attacks if they do not suppress the rights of camp members. - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) , I do not know what will. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Iran to ensure that they adhere to human rights working conditions and do not discriminate against religious - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) But across the board, women and girls do not enjoy the same rights and privileges as men. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) It will not interfere with any person’s or private organisation’s rights to express a view or to protest - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) sought to ban peaceful protest? - Speech Link
3: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) rights of free speech and peaceful protest, provides extraordinary powers to Ministers and enforcement - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) authority, which do not have human rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. - Speech Link