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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

As for the repeated invocation of the European Convention on Human Rights, we should be honest with ourselves. The convention and the Human Rights Act that incorporates it have increasingly constrained Parliament’s ability to respond to new forms of protest that are deliberately designed to maximise disruption.

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