Policing and Prevention of Violence against Women

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:49 pm on 15 March 2021.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel The Secretary of State for the Home Department 3:49, 15 March 2021

With respect to the right hon. Lady, I urge her not to be so judgmental with regards to the events on Saturday evening until we see the report that comes from Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary. She will have plenty of opportunity to discuss protest and police powers during the passage of the Bill, but I would like to say this: in recent years, we have seen a significant change in protest tactics, which has led to disruption and also to violence and people’s lives being endangered. I look forward to the debate with her on this particular point later on, but she is absolutely wrong in her characterisation of the measures we are introducing.