Submitted on Monday 15th March 2021
Rejected on Friday 19th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Halt Home Offices Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in its current state
"The right to gather, in protest, vigil or otherwise, is an important one in any liberal democracy.... Stopping people from coming together in large groups is a hallmark policy of any dictatorship." - Nick Tyrone, The Spectator, 14/03/21.
"Some of the extra powers it would hand the police to break up protests border on draconian. It attacks one thing in particular which is alarming: unless a protest or gathering of any kind is completely silent, the police have the legal right to break it all up." - Nick Tyrone, The Spectator, 14/03/21.
This bill seeks to limit protesting in the UK. This is against the liberal attitudes I expect to enjoy in my country, we all have a right to protest, regardless of the issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579012
Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578875
Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579242
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