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Baroness Doocey (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 July 2025

Debate

Palestine Action Protests: Arrests

Contribution

My Lords, by handing overstretched and under-pressure police officers more power to decide whether a protest is in fact an arrestable offence in the heat of the moment, we risk creating an environment where almost every protest could be regarded as criminalised. Does the Minister accept that the recent ban, which has already led to many arrests of peaceful and even silent demonstrators, demonstrates how powers that are vague and too broad can be misapplied to unfairly target non-violent dissent?

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