Written Question·Home Office·UIN 108317
Police: Demonstrations
Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to the Metropolitan Police on the circumstances in which conditions that effectively prevent a protest from taking place may be imposed under sections 12 and
Answer
Sarah JonesSections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 allow the police to impose conditions on public processions and public assemblies as necessary to prevent serious public disorder, serious damage to property, or serious disruption to the life of the communi...
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