Public Order Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 8:37 pm on 23 May 2022.

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Photo of Richard Holden Richard Holden Conservative, North West Durham 8:37, 23 May 2022

Legislation passed in 2007 turned trespass in this place into criminal trespass, so what the hon. Gentleman is talking about could not take place because of legislation passed under the last Labour Government. It is already a criminal offence, so the suggestion that the Bill does something different and criminalises something that was not already illegal does not hold water, does it?