Member

Even though I am one of those who supported the proscription and continue to hope that the Government’s appeal will be successful, there would, however, be far wider support for a mechanism such as this that inhibits such a group from impacting the lives of working people and the public through this sustained campaign of criminal damage. No matter what the legitimacy of the progressive cause itself, this would enable us to stop the lives of working people and the public being ruined by restricting the ability of individuals to fund-raise, recruit and organise for such a group—and even, of course, as we have seen before Palestine Action was proscribed, to broadcast those crimes proudly on social media. I very much hope that noble Lords will support Amendment 371A today.