Member

What we face is not the litany of things that many have said are great acts. These are absolutely terrible incidents where the police do not have the powers to intervene. I find reprehensible the idea that we are to have definitions about what is or is not acceptable, or even distances. I do not believe that any noble Lord tabling these amendments has actually been to any of these protests—if they have, I am even more deeply concerned—to see the type of thing that takes place: the abuse, the phone in the face, the absolute frenzy of hatred and the attempt to restrict movement. These are things that happen not just to the people who are going to these activities but to the caretakers, the cleaners and any of the staff or other people.