Member

Turning to Amendment 369AA in the name of my noble friend Lord Blencathra, I wholeheartedly agree with the reasoning that he has set out, and this is very much in line with the argument that I have put forward. There is no good reason to climb on a war memorial or a memorial of a past leader except for when the individual has the consent of the memorial’s owner. This exception is accounted for in Clause 122(2)(b) and (c), and so I see no reason for the extra defence in subsection (2)(a). Perhaps the Minister can clarify which other motives would count as a “good reason” for climbing on memorials.