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Ministerial statement on Monday, 13 December 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness May of Maidenhead.

Public Order Policing

Statement on public order policing of the student protests in Westminster and the West End on 9 December.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
520 c665-78 
Session
2010-12
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c678 (Link to this contribution) I have made the position absolutely clear to the hon. Gentleman and others. I do not think that any ...
Speaker | 520 c678 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary and all colleagues for their co-operation. I now call the Secretary of St...
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Chris Bryant | 520 c678 (Link to this contribution) I, too, wholeheartedly condemn the deliberate violence-mongering that ruined what would otherwise ha...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c676 (Link to this contribution) Of course the Metropolitan police look at what happens in any demonstration, decide whether they nee...
Jack Dromey | 520 c676 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary was reported yesterday as appearing to contemplate the use of water cannon; today...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c677 (Link to this contribution) There have been a number of suggestions that further demonstrations will take place, and I expect th...
Hywel Francis | 520 c677 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary will be aware that the Association of Chief Police Officers has excellent guideli...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c677 (Link to this contribution) Yes, there are guidelines on the use of kettling, when it is appropriate and how it should be undert...
Kerry McCarthy | 520 c678 (Link to this contribution) I accept that the police had a very difficult job to do last Thursday, but last night when I met stu...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) In response to the latter question, I can say, as I did in my statement, that the IPCC is investigat...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The police very bravely faced significant provocation last Thurs...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) The whole issue of kettling has been looked at previously. It has been supported as an appropriate t...
David Lammy | 520 c675 (Link to this contribution) Is not the point of a kettle that it brings things to the boil? Is the Home Secretary comfortable th...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c674-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is trying to tempt me down a road that it is not necessarily appropriate for me to go...
David Winnick | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) No one here—I include myself in that—wants to condone any act of hooliganism, but does the Home Secr...
Michael Ellis | 520 c675-6 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend commend the officers, particularly those of the royalty protection branch,...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c675 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. I had thought that perhaps in his many years in this House, ...
Dennis Skinner | 520 c675 (Link to this contribution) Is the Home Secretary aware that these protests had echoes of the poll tax demonstrations from years...
Julian Huppert | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely deplore the violence and recognise the challenge that the police face in trying to ensu...
Fiona Mactaggart | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) Is the Home Secretary confident that every peaceful protestor contained within a cordon was aware th...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) Of course I was not actually down there talking to every protester. The police have assured me that ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary recall that in last year's policing White Paper it was suggested that a prot...
Tobias Ellwood | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) There are occasions when the national community spirit of what is right and wrong can be as powerful...
Paul Goggins | 520 c672 (Link to this contribution) May I join the Home Secretary in what she said about the violence and the conduct of the police last...
Julian Lewis | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary accept that it is just as unacceptable for violent extremists to be present ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c672 (Link to this contribution) It is absolutely essential that all those who perpetrated acts of criminal damage and violence feel ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c672 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. The importance of intelligence and understanding what could happen is a significant element ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c672-3 (Link to this contribution) On the tactics used by the police when policing demonstrations, the police will always consider all ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c670 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend and have said so on a couple of occasions, both in my statement...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) I look forward to appearing before the Home Affairs Committee tomorrow. I am sure that the right hon...
David TC Davies | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary acknowledge that one problem is that the police know that any attempt to dea...
Lord Blunkett | 520 c670 (Link to this contribution) I endorse what the Home Secretary and my right hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Outwood (Ed Bal...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c670 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his opening remarks. In relation to what the report on royal pr...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) In any such instances, the police have a balance to attain when policing protests. It is right that ...
Alun Michael | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) I was particularly impressed with the intelligent, engaged and reasonable way in which many students...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c668-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the right hon. Gentleman's comments about the police who so bravely stood up to the demons...
David Tredinnick | 520 c669-70 (Link to this contribution) Having faced rioters in Northern Ireland, I think that the fundamental problem was the route, which ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c670 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his observations. Difficult judgments are made about the routes of these ...
Ed Balls | 520 c666-8 (Link to this contribution) All Labour Members understand and share the dismay, anger and injustice that are felt by hundreds of...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c676 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to join my hon. Friend in commending the restraint shown by the royal protection officers...
Christopher Pincher | 520 c676 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend that the only people responsible for the violence were the thugs w...
Duncan Hames | 520 c675 (Link to this contribution) What support can the police give to the organisers of public protests to help them to ensure that th...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c665-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the appalling violence that took...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c676-7 (Link to this contribution) I made it clear in my earlier comments that I do not think anybody wants water cannon used on Britis...
Andrew Stephenson | 520 c677 (Link to this contribution) Given what some student leaders have said since the scenes that we saw on Thursday—many are still re...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c678 (Link to this contribution) Of course the hon. Lady is free to write to me about those matters. There is a formal process which ...
Charlie Elphicke | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) Given that we saw a feral mob intent on riot and desecrating important national symbols such as the ...
Malcolm Wicks | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) I support the Home Secretary's condemnation of violence, and I recognise the no win situation the po...
Robert Halfon | 520 c674 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will be incredibly concerned about reports that suggest that some agitators came fro...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. My hon. Friend is absolutely correct to say that the damage done to the Cenotaph and the sor...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c676 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the picture of what happened last Thursday as set out by the hon. Gentleman is some...
Jeremy Corbyn | 520 c676 (Link to this contribution) I met a number of students last Thursday evening who were shocked and distressed. They were entirely...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c675 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point about those who organise such demonstrations and who want t...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c675 (Link to this contribution) The police did ensure that it was possible for peaceful protesters to leave Parliament square on Thu...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) Of course, it is important that any complaints made about how the police operated are looked into an...
Justin Tomlinson | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) Will the thugs responsible be made to pay financially for the criminal damage caused?
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) It is important that the full force of the law is brought down on those identified as clearly guilty...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c673 (Link to this contribution) It is clear that there should be regular reviews of how public order policing is undertaken. I have ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has very cleverly linked two issues in his question, but he tempts me down a route th...
Speaker | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) Order. I must just remind the House that in keeping with very long-standing convention, Members who ...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 520 c672 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Home Secretary's statement and associate myself with her condemnation of the thugs who...
Andrew Murrison | 520 c672 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary share the dismay of my constituents from the garrison town of Warminster at ...
Keith Vaz | 520 c670 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Home Secretary for agreeing to appear before the Home Affairs Committee to...
Tom Brake | 520 c670 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary agree that there should be no knee-jerk reaction to this cowardly attack? We...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 520 c671 (Link to this contribution) The police have the job not only of protecting Parliament and keeping our streets safe at such times...
Speaker | 520 c669 (Link to this contribution) Order. Many right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. There are two further statement...
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Demonstrations Arrests Casualties Greater London Police Protest Public order Security Students Royal family Camilla, Queen Charles III, King Riot control weapons
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