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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2026
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
When the police were asked why they wanted this law, they said that when they ask people to remove their masks, they go to another part of the demonstration and put them back on. Is not the solution to grab the mask off them? I am not very good on policing themes, but I do not think we need to ban masks—to ban anonymity, in effect—on demonstrations as a way of dealing with the fact that the police think there are practical problems with the law at the moment.
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