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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

This is a huge and disparate group. I tentatively support some of the amendments in it and will ask questions about others. I tentatively support the amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, and the noble Lord, Lord Hain, in their attempt at specificity, tightening up the wording of Clause 124 and the restriction on protests at places of worship. That seems sensible, because so much of the Bill suffers from language that is too broad. Leaving out “in the vicinity” and inserting

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