Written Question·Home Office·UIN 108317

Police: Demonstrations

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton 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 Jones
Sections 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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