To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make representations to the Maldives authorities about the policing of peaceful protests; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make representations to the Maldives authorities about the policing of peaceful protests; and if she will make a statement.

What assistance is being given to the Countryside Alliance and similar organisations such as fishery owners to create a network of defences against the activities of anti-angling activists.

What assistance is being given to the Countryside Alliance and similar organisations such as fishery owners to create a network of defences against the activities of anti-angling activists.

Whether they have made an assessment of organisations involved in anti-angling campaigns; which regions have been most adversely affected by such campaigns; what prosecutions have taken place; and in what locality; and

Whether they have made an assessment of organisations involved in anti-angling campaigns; which regions have been most adversely affected by such campaigns; what prosecutions have taken place; and in what locality; and

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of policing demonstrations on 22 July against the new vivisection laboratory in Oxford.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of policing demonstrations on 22 July against the new vivisection laboratory in Oxford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what statutory powers are available (a) to prevent and (b) to disperse blockades of domestic fuel storage, refining and distribution facilities; and when these powers were last reviewed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what statutory powers are available (a) to prevent and (b) to disperse blockades of domestic fuel storage, refining and distribution facilities; and when these powers were last reviewed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for crimes committed during the protests in London last February against cartoons which were published in Denmark.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for crimes committed during the protests in London last February against cartoons which were published in Denmark.

On 25 May I published the current list of Cabinet Committees, their full membership, and terms of reference. I have decided that it would be more appropriate for MISC 13 to be called the Ministerial Committee on Animal Rights Extremism, and not, as listed previously, the Ministerial Committee on Animal...

On 25 May I published the current list of Cabinet Committees, their full membership, and terms of reference. I have decided that it would be more appropriate for MISC 13 to be called the Ministerial Committee on Animal Rights Extremism, and not, as listed previously, the Ministerial Committee on Animal...

Under which Acts peace protesters can be arrested for conducting a non-violent protest.

Under which Acts peace protesters can be arrested for conducting a non-violent protest.

What offence or offences peace protesters at Menwith Hill have committed during 2006.

What offence or offences peace protesters at Menwith Hill have committed during 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking (a) in co-operation with the Department for Trade and Industry and (b) otherwise to detain animal rights terrorists who use shareholder registers to threaten individual shareholders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking (a) in co-operation with the Department for Trade and Industry and (b) otherwise to detain animal rights terrorists who use shareholder registers to threaten individual shareholders.

Whether peace protesters can be charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Whether peace protesters can be charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Whether they will introduce measures to protect schools and their staff giving sex education to their pupils against the campaign by the UK Life League.

Whether they will introduce measures to protect schools and their staff giving sex education to their pupils against the campaign by the UK Life League.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 in preventing unauthorised demonstrations in Parliament Square; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 in preventing unauthorised demonstrations in Parliament Square; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unauthorised demonstrations have taken place in Parliament Square since the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 came into effect.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unauthorised demonstrations have taken place in Parliament Square since the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 came into effect.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to recent developments affecting freedom of speech. Motion withdrawn.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to recent developments affecting freedom of speech. Motion withdrawn.

My Lords, like so many of your Lordships, I add my thanks and congratulations to my noble friend Lady Knight of Collingtree on her incisive and perspicacious speech. We are fortunate, too, that it has taken place at a time when many of the issues that she intended to include in her...

My Lords, like so many of your Lordships, I add my thanks and congratulations to my noble friend Lady Knight of Collingtree on her incisive and perspicacious speech. We are fortunate, too, that it has taken place at a time when many of the issues that she intended to include in her...

rose to call attention to recent developments affecting freedom of speech; and to move for Papers. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, since history began and all throughout time, there have been declarations about the significance of free speech as a crucial part of a free society. In the first...

rose to call attention to recent developments affecting freedom of speech; and to move for Papers. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, since history began and all throughout time, there have been declarations about the significance of free speech as a crucial part of a free society. In the first...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Knight, for raising this important issue and giving us the chance to debate it. I would like to address it under two headings. First, what should be the limits of free speech, if any? Secondly, what limits are there on the protests about...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Knight, for raising this important issue and giving us the chance to debate it. I would like to address it under two headings. First, what should be the limits of free speech, if any? Secondly, what limits are there on the protests about...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Knight of Collingtree, for initiating this debate on such a current issue. The past few weeks have not been happy for secular-minded people. They have resulted in loss of life far beyond our shores and have weakened international relations between the West...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Knight of Collingtree, for initiating this debate on such a current issue. The past few weeks have not been happy for secular-minded people. They have resulted in loss of life far beyond our shores and have weakened international relations between the West...