Member

I turn to the use of the Terrorism Act to justify the arrest of peaceful protesters demonstrating against the actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza. Please put aside entirely what we may think of what is happening in Gaza and the rights and wrongs of the proscription of Palestine Action, given the criminal damage that it clearly did to military aircraft. Even if the proscription of Palestine Action is right in law, there is something profoundly wrong about criminalising the activities of individuals under the Terrorism Act for peaceably carrying placards or wearing clothing at a demonstration denoting support for that organisation.