Member

I cannot support the amendment from the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. It suffers from the fundamental error that the proscription of Palestine Action does not prevent anyone protesting, demonstrating or expressing whatever views they like about the conduct of the State of Israel in Gaza or the West Bank. Again, I associate myself with some of those criticisms, but certainly not all of them. What the proscription prevents is people expressing support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, and I take the view that it is entirely appropriate that the law should seek to prevent people expressing support for a terrorist organisation.