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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 25 October 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Governance of Britain.

Governance of Britain

My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s Statement on protests in Parliament Square. He will remember that this year I brought from these Benches a Private Member’s Bill to discuss this issue. While I fully accept that access to Parliament is essential, I am sure that he will accept that in 20005 SOCPA completely changed the spirit of the protest. Will he assure me that in future it will not be necessary to get police permission for someone to demonstrate on Parliament Square when they are not blocking the roads or marching but simply standing there with a banner? Or is it the Government’s intention merely to tweak the existing provisions?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
695 c1167 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Data protection Armed forces Demonstrations Armed conflict Constitutions Deployment British constitution Democracy Freedom of information House of Lords House of Commons Judiciary Judges Freedom of expression National security Powers of entry Personal records Police Powers Public appointments Parliament Square Privacy Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny National Audit Office Press freedom Treaties Royal prerogative Committee of Public Accounts Information Commissioner's Office
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