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Ministerial statement on Monday, 13 December 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Strathclyde.


Public Disorder: Policing

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


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
723 c416-26 
Session
2010-12
Department
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c416-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I should like to repeat a Statement made earlier today in ano...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c419-20 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for the broad support and welcome—and, indeed, for the unreserved condemnatio...
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Lord Rosser | 723 c418-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we share the gratitude expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, to the police at all...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c420-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on my noble friend’s first question, I think we all regret that Members of either House co...
Baroness Trumpington | 723 c420 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have two questions for my noble friend. First, I understand that Westminster Underground...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c424-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, has made a good point. I do not like the word ““kettling”...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c424 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and right reverend Lord is entirely correct to point out that there is an absolu...
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes | 723 c424 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on a practical point, does my noble friend agree that it would be extremely helpful if nob...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 723 c425 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I continue to declare an interest as someone who was formerly elected deputy president of ...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c425 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there was a nice joke at the end there about anarchy and organisation. I note my noble fri...
Lord Dholakia | 723 c425 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to make two brief points. First, on the containment or kettling that has just been ...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c425 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on my noble friend’s first point I am sure that the IPCC will want to examine all aspects ...
Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 723 c423-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what discussions are taking place with the organisers of these demonstrations, in particul...
Lord McNally | 723 c426 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry; we have had 20 minutes.
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 723 c422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join those who have expressed horror at the ease with which a relatively small number of...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Lord Callaghan had wise things to say from time to time, and I am sure that that was one o...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 723 c422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend Lord Strathclyde comment on the statement made by the Minister last T...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c422-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend is quite correct to say that nothing should be done outside this building ...
Lord Dubs | 723 c421 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I express my sympathy for the difficulties in which the police found themselves, and m...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c421 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the first point, about being able to leave the area of containment, my understanding is...
Baroness Hamwee | 723 c421 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, mention has been made of the number of officers involved. First, does the Leader of the Ho...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c421-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I said in the Statement, 2,800 officers were in and around central London on Thursday. ...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 723 c423 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, and it would there...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c423 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that responsibility for Parliament Square was handed over to the GLA when it was s...
Lord Ramsbotham | 723 c424 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that it is 30 years since I was last involved in riot control and that the Falls Ro...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c424 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend has made a good suggestion. Obviously, with modern technology and communic...
Subjects
Demonstrations Arrests Casualties Greater London Independent Police Complaints Commission Parliament Square Metropolitan Police Security Violence Students Royal family Camilla, Queen Charles III, King
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