Amendment 80

Part of Public Order Bill - Committee (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:00 pm on 22 November 2022.

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Photo of Baroness Fox of Buckley Baroness Fox of Buckley Non-affiliated 6:00, 22 November 2022

My Lords, my difficulty is this. In interpreting things in the way he is, the noble Viscount is suggesting that he knows why people did something. I have no idea why people in the Commons voted in the numbers they did. The noble Viscount has a view on what might have driven that; others might have another view. Generally speaking, since I have been in this place, the House of Commons has voted in huge numbers for things I have disagreed with, and unless the Opposition is going to go home, what am I supposed to do? I cannot keep saying, “I think they really did it because they were really motivated —we do not know, do we? Will the noble Viscount clarify why he keeps stressing that? Is it relevant to us?