Debates on delegated legislation on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Sharpe of Epsom. The answering member was Lord Coaker.

Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023

Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret agreed to on division (177 to 141). Amendment to decline to approve disagreed to on division (64 to 154). Original motion, as amended, agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 830 cc1910-1938
Session: 2022-23
Department: Home Office
Procedure: Government defeats
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons; Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee thirty-eighth report.
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Correction
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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Proceeding contributions: Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 830 cc1910-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for attending this debate. These regulations amend Sections 12 ...; Lord Coaker | 830 c1913 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Coaker; Lord Coaker | 830 c1913 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will make a brief statement before I start my remarks on the regulations. As a Nottin...; 830 c1913 (Link to this contribution)
Hear, hear!; Lord Coaker | 830 cc1913-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving the regret amendment in my name on the Order Paper, I should say that there w...; Viscount Hailsham | 830 c1914 (Link to this contribution)
I have not seen the additional Explanatory Memorandum. Would the noble Lord tell us what addition...; Lord Coaker | 830 c1915 (Link to this contribution)
I will read a couple of sentences from it. Paragraph 6.8 provides a reason why the measures are b...; Lord Harris of Haringey | 830 c1915 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend in full flow, but I am shocked by what he is saying. Can ...; Lord Coaker | 830 cc1915-6 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend predicts what I was going to say next, in a calm, reasonable, rational way. I was...; Lord Hope of Craighead | 830 cc1916-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I feel some sense of responsibility for the situation in which your Lordships find your...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 830 cc1917-9 (Link to this contribution)
I actually told the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, that he should not have helpe...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 830 cc1919-1920 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I speak in my capacity as chair of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. The no...; Lord Rooker | 830 cc1920-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not propose to address the public order issues. It is a fairly simple issue, reall...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 830 c1921 (Link to this contribution)
Can the noble Lord tell me how I misled anyone? I think it has been the Labour Party that has mis...; Lord Rooker | 830 c1921 (Link to this contribution)
Anyone can look at what has been happening this week. It has been misleading. The fact is that we...; Lord Pannick | 830 cc1921-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support both amendments before the House—that tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, ...; Lord Reid of Cardowan | 830 c1922 (Link to this contribution)
With respect, no one is trying to stop this Chamber expressing its view on this or anything else....; Lord Pannick | 830 c1922 (Link to this contribution)
I totally understand that, and it is customary in this House to ask the other place to think agai...; Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row | 830 c1922 (Link to this contribution)
I have been here for only four years, and I am still learning. The noble Lord said earlier that i...; Lord Pannick | 830 cc1922-3 (Link to this contribution)
The Government can table a new statutory instrument any time they like. They are perfectly entitl...; Viscount Hailsham | 830 cc1923-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with little exception, I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has said. I star...; Lord Paddick | 830 c1924 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Viscount seems to be saying that the difference here is that if this House votes down a...; Viscount Hailsham | 830 c1924 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely understand this point, but we need to draw a distinction between amendments that this ...; Lord Paddick | 830 c1924 (Link to this contribution)
Will the noble Viscount give way?; Viscount Hailsham | 830 cc1924-5 (Link to this contribution)
May I just finish this point?
In this particular case, if we pass a fatal amendment, as adv...; Lord Paddick | 830 c1925 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful, but the noble Viscount makes another error in his assertions. This was not an...; Viscount Hailsham | 830 c1925 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord is cavilling at this point. We are, in a sense, talking about principle. Where doe...; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 830 c1925 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I fear I may be ploughing a lonely furrow tonight in supporting the draft regulations, ...; 830 c1925 (Link to this contribution)
Lady Jones.; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 830 cc1925-6 (Link to this contribution)
I beg her pardon —the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I have in fact read her round ro...; 830 c1926 (Link to this contribution)
Oh!; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 830 c1926 (Link to this contribution)
—as I wind up.; 830 c1926 (Link to this contribution)
Hear, hear.; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 830 cc1926-7 (Link to this contribution)
On consultation, I think it is unreasonable to expect the Government to undertake a comprehensive...; Lord Lisvane | 830 cc1927-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I make no comment on the merits of the policy that this proposal would introduce; it is...; Lord Pannick | 830 c1928 (Link to this contribution)
May I ask the noble Lord whether, with all his decades of experience of parliamentary procedure, ...; Lord Lisvane | 830 c1928 (Link to this contribution)
I think the noble Lord will know the answer, and it is no.; Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 830 cc1928-1930 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by joining the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, in the comments that he made about my b...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 830 cc1930-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, raises some important broader questions to...; Lord Hogan-Howe | 830 cc1931-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will be very brief, your Lordships will be grateful to know. I support the regret ame...; 830 c1932 (Link to this contribution)
Front Bench!; Baroness Hayman | 830 c1932 (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the House, and I will be very brief.
No one has mentioned the la...; Lord Paddick | 830 cc1933-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we on these Benches associate ourselves with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker...; Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 830 cc1934-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to what has been a fascinating and powe...; Lord Coaker | 830 cc1936-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in what has been an interesting debate. I start by ...; Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 830 c1937 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, is giving a customarily powerful closing speech. Will the noble Lord...; Lord Coaker | 830 cc1937-8 (Link to this contribution)
That leads me nicely on to the point that I am trying to make. Conservative Peers have a choice t...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 830 c1938 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 830 c1938 (Link to this contribution)
There are two ironies here. The first is that I do not think for one moment that this piece of le...
Notes: Division results for amendment to decline to approve corrected to 68 to 154.
Subjects: Demonstrations Ministerial powers Police Powers Public order offences
Legislation: Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023

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