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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

The amendment introduces confusion. It says that"““the urging of persons to refrain from””" certain sexual conduct"““shall not be taken of itself to be threatening””," but if a group of skinheads says, ““Gays had better stop that activity””, that is urging them to refrain, but it is also rather threatening, the implication being, stated or unstated, ““Or else.”” The exemption would apply to urging people to refrain from certain activity rather than to being directly threatening, but in context the former can be threatening. The amendment would merely introduce confusion where there was less confusion to start with.