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Viscount Hailsham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 September 2025

Debate

Public Order Legislation

Contribution

My Lords, I suggest that Sections 12 and 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 need amendment. To sit in a square and hold a placard is not an obvious act of terrorism. To arrest and prosecute such people is an infringement of the right to free speech and dissent. What needs to be caught are acts of definite terrorism—that is to say, acts which further that crime.

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