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Demonstrations: Kingsnorth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 810, when she expects to receive the report of the National Policing Improvement Agency on the policing of the Kingsnorth climate camp; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
David Howarth (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 June 2009
Reference
493 c358W; 276046
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
The Home Office, working with the police, keeps all less lethal technologies, including water cannon, under constant review. There are no plans to introduce water cannon at the present time.
Answered by
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1187
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The Foreign Office and Foreign Office Ministers are engaged in discussions with the demonstrators outside Parliament and, indeed, with the Sri Lankan Government about the whole issue of protest. In this country, people have a right to protest. That is what is going on outside, and in my view and that of many people, the policing of that demonstration, by facilitating protest but as far as possible allowing the public and Parliament to go about their business, is a testament to the police. It is sometimes difficult for the police, because people may say that something ought to be done about Tamils who are sitting in the road, for example, but the only way to move them, if they will not move, is by force. The way in which the police have tried to persuade people to conform is the right way forward.
Answered by
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1188-9
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
The hon. Gentleman will know that there is always a balance to be struck between protest and the rights of law-abiding citizens to go about their business and the protection of property. That balance is difficult for the police sometimes to maintain, but notwithstanding the case to which the hon. Gentleman has referred, we have an excellent example outside Parliament currently of the police dealing with quite a difficult situation—controlling the Tamil demonstration but at the same time trying as far as they can to allow access to Parliament. The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, however, and he will know that Denis O'Connor, the chief of Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, having been asked by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, will consider the whole issue of public order and tactics. We await that review with interest.
Answered by
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1188
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
The fact is that the number of officers and the amount of resources deployed are an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. The only point that I make to the hon. Gentleman is that, far from being an affront to democracy, what is going on out there is a victory for democracy. Having said that, I should also say that of course there are issues about how any demonstration is policed. However, I pose this question to the hon. Gentleman: what would be the effect were the police to conduct a clearance operation, bring the tents down and forcibly remove people, including women and children? Then we would see a protest from the other side of the argument. We have to look at the issue in a proportionate, sensible and measured way. We have to try to facilitate protest while trying, as far as we can, to ensure that people can go about their lawful business.
Answered by
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1189
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
To reassure my hon. Friend, I have said to the Joint Committee on Human Rights that Tasers should not be used in public order control situations, and Tasers were not used during the G20 demonstrations. Officers equipped with Tasers raided a residence in an operation to arrest individuals suspected of criminal damage at the G20 protest. My hon. Friend makes an important point, however: there is a right to protest in this country, and Tasers are not appropriate for use in controlling such demonstrations.
Answered by
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1188
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
I absolutely agree, and I think that anybody would. Part of a protest is the individual demonstrator's being able to demonstrate and to say and do what they want, within reason. Alongside that, the police, while facilitating the protest, have a responsibility to try to ensure, as far as possible, that traffic keeps moving and that people who are not interested in the demonstration can go about their business. The only point that I was making was that the police are doing a very good job with what is happening in Parliament square at present. To go back to the original question about the use of water cannon and other such equipment, it is encouraging to see our police policing such a demonstration in normal uniform, by and large.
Answered by
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1189-90
House
House of Commons
Water Cannon
What discussions she has had with police forces on the use of water cannon by police forces in policing demonstrations.
Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
18 May 2009
Reference
492 c1187; 275712
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were injured in the course of policing public protests in the last 12 months.
Asked by
Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 May 2009
Reference
492 c1086W; 273317
House
House of Commons
Parliament Square: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will commission research on the effects on the public of the closure of Parliament Square and surrounding roads by demonstrators on 20 April 2009; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 May 2009
Reference
492 c929-30W; 274028
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated cost of policing the protests by Sri Lankan Tamils has been to date in Westminster Square.
Asked by
Greg Knight (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c523W; 272883
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police days have been spent on policing the demonstration by Tamils in Parliament Square since demonstrators first assembled there; and what the cost has been to date.
Asked by
Gerald Howarth (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c523W; 272720
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis consulted her on the policing of the demonstration in Parliament Square on 20 April 2009; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c523W; 271270
House
House of Commons
Iona School: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the cost to the public purse was of the recent police operation at the Iona School, Sneinton; and whether there is to be a charge to the public purse for the school's repair and refurbishment required as a...
Asked by
Alan Simpson (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c288W; 272095
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the daily cost of policing the ongoing demonstration in Parliament Square has been; how many police officers of each rank are taking part in policing the demonstration; how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group have...
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c271W; 272169
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

(2) if she will commission a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the policing of the demonstration held in Parliament Square on 20 April 2009; what steps the police (a) have taken and (b) are planning to take to clear Parliament Square of demonstrators; and if...
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c270W; 270873
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group were arrested during the demonstration in Parliament Square on 20 April 2009; how many have been charged with offences committed during that demonstration; and if she will make...
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c270W; 270872
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that Parliament Square is kept free of demonstrators on parliamentary sitting days; what recent representations she has received on this issue; and if she will make...
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c270W; 270960
House
House of Commons
Demonstrations: Parliament Square

(2) how many police officers of each rank took part in policing the demonstration held in Parliament Square on 20 April 2009; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
David Amess (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c270W; 270798
House
House of Commons
Iona School: Demonstrations

(2) whether charges have been brought in relation to the recent demonstration at the Iona School, Sneinton; and what reports she has received on whether demonstrators forced their way into the main school rather than adjacent units.
Asked by
Alan Simpson (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2009
Reference
492 c288W; 272468
House
House of Commons