Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — Clause 55 — Imposing Conditions on Public Processions — 28 Feb 2022 at 23:30

The majority of MPs voted to allow the police to set conditions on seriously disruptively noisy processions.

MPs were considering the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill^[1][2]

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 73.

Amendment 73 stated^[4]:

• Page 47, line 1, leave out subsections (2) and (3)

Had it not been rejected the amendment would have impacted Clause 55 of the Bill^[6] titled: Imposing conditions on public processions.

Subsections 2 and 3 provided for powers for the police to set conditions on seriously disruptively noisy processions.

The explanatory notes to the rejected amendment^[5] stated:

• Lords Amendment 73* would omit subsections (2) and (3) from Clause 55. These subsections broaden the circumstances in which conditions may be imposed on those organising or taking part in a procession to include where the senior police officer reasonably believes that the noise generated by persons taking part in the procession may have a significant relevant impact on persons in the vicinity or may result in serious disruption to the activities of an organisation which are carried on in the vicinity of the procession.

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• [1] Parliament's webpage on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
• [2] Explanatory notes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
• [3] Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, as introduced on 12 May 2021, Parliament.uk
• [4] Lords amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 26 January 2022, Parliament.uk
• [5] Explanatory notes to Lords amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 26 January 2022, Parliament.uk
• [6] Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, as introduced to the House of Lords on 6 July 2021, Parliament.uk

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