Public Order Bill — Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 54 — 7 Feb 2023 at 17:30
Moved by Baroness Chakrabarti
54: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause-“Protection for journalists and others monitoring protestsA constable may not exercise any police power for the principal purpose of preventing a person from observing or otherwise reporting on a protest or the exercise of police powers in relation to-(a) a protest-related offence,(b) a protest-related breach of an injunction, or(c) activities related to a protest.”Member's explanatory statementThis new Clause would protect journalists, legal observers, academics, and bystanders who observe or report on protests or the police’s use of powers related to protests.
Ayes 283, Noes 192.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 5 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Con | 5 | 179 (+2 tell) | 67.4% |
| Crossbench | 56 | 3 | 33.1% |
| DUP | 0 | 4 | 66.7% |
| Green | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 4 | 0 | 36.4% |
| Lab | 126 (+2 tell) | 0 | 70.7% |
| LDem | 69 | 0 | 83.1% |
| Non-affiliated | 12 | 3 | 26.8% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 281 | 190 | 57.8% |
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