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Finally, Amendment 378B, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, seeks to amend Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 to reintroduce the “more than minor” definition of serious disruption from the Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023, which were quashed by the Court of Appeal in May 2025 following a judicial review, which noble Lords referred to. The Government have acknowledged the finding of the court and consider the cumulative disruption provision as provided for in government Amendment 372 to be a proportionate response to provide the police with the powers they need, all of which—I say this to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, and indeed to the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, who anticipated that I might say this—are of course subject to consideration by the noble Lord, Lord Macdonald of River Glaven, as part of his review.