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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-17more like thismore than 2019-07-17
answering body
Home Office more like this
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answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Roads: Demonstrations more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the legal provisions governing the balance between (1) the freedom of passage along public highways, and (2) the right to hold public demonstrations on public highways. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Tebbit more like this
uin HL17277 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-24more like thismore than 2019-07-24
answer text <p>Peaceful protest is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather together and to demonstrate their views, provided that they do so within the law.</p><p>There is, of course, a balance to be struck. Protestors’ rights need to be balanced with the rights of others to go about their business. Rights to peaceful protest do not extend to unlawful activity and the police have powers to deal with any such acts.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-24T16:45:10.173Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-24T16:45:10.173Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford remove filter
tabling member
952
label Biography information for Lord Tebbit more like this