[{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"43375","proposer":"11892","edm":"2290","session":"2010-12","title":"Blackpool Christian Cafe And Lancashire Constabulary","text":"That this House notes with concern the recent misinterpretation by Lancashire Police officers of public order legislation that resulted in police officers visiting a Christian cafe in Blackpool in relation to the display of Bible texts on the premises; further notes that this is not the first occasion that Lancashire Police have sparked such a controversy following an incident in 2005 that resulted in an out of court settlement; calls on the Chief Constable of Lancashire Police to ensure that all police officers in Lancashire Constabulary are properly trained in public order legislation; and further calls on the Home Secretary to engage with senior police officers to ensure that there is no repeat of this incident.","date":"2011-10-19","status":"o"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"42824","proposer":"24966","edm":"1710A1","session":"2010-12","title":"Protests In Syria","text":"after `arresting', insert `and shooting'","date":"2011-04-27","status":"o"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"42825","proposer":"24966","edm":"1710A2","session":"2010-12","title":"Protests In Syria","text":"after `children', insert `as young as 10 years old'","date":"2011-04-27","status":"o"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"42764","proposer":"24784","edm":"1710","session":"2010-12","title":"Protests In Syria","text":"That this House regrets the recent shooting of more than 40 people in Deraa by Syrian government forces; notes that the dictator Mr Assad runs one of the most repressive and brutal regimes in the Middle East, with a history of arresting school children for writing anti-regime slogans on walls; believes that Britain and the free world must back pro-democracy movements in Syria and should not be deterred by the regime's close links with Iran; further believes that a free economy, and an open society, are the right of every human on Earth not simply those who are lucky enough to be born in the West; and therefore calls on the Government to apply pressure to Damascus and to back pro-democracy movements in Syria.","date":"2011-04-04","status":"o"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"40105","proposer":"10190","edm":"529","session":"2009-10","title":"Al-Muhajiroun Demonstration","text":"That this House notes that Anjem Choudary, the UK leader of al-Muhajiroun, plans to stage a march through Wootton Bassett town carrying empty coffins as a protest against Britain's presence in Afghanistan; considers that such a demonstration would be a gross mark of disrespect to the soldiers who have died or been wounded in Afghanistan, their families and those who continue to fight on active service in Afghanistan; believes that such a march would cause great distress to those who have lost loved ones; further notes that the Muslim Council of Britain has described the proposed march as `deplorable'; calls on the Home Secretary urgently to investigate the breaching of public order and other related offences; and urges Wootton Bassett Town Council and Wiltshire Police to ensure that any proposed demonstration that breaches the Public Order Act 1986 be rightly refused.","date":"2010-01-05","status":"o"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"39850","proposer":"10428","edm":"290","session":"2009-10","title":"Case Of Periklis Antoniou","text":"That this House is dismayed both by the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to proceed in the case against Periklis Antoniou, charged with breaching section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 for causing public harassment, alarm or distress by his behaviour against a family whilst travelling on the London Underground, and by the proprietors of the magazine Amateur Photographer who continue to decline to make an apology for its misreporting of the case and its presentation of this case as merely representing a threat to photographers' rights; and believes in contrast that the taking of inappropriate photographs of young girls in this case, without the permission of her parents who were present at the time of the incident, represents a serious intrusion into the lives of children and their parents.","date":"2009-11-30","status":"o"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"35488","proposer":"10431","edm":"1254","session":"2007-08","title":"Protection Of Nhs Staff In Wales","text":"That this House calls on the Government to make it its policy to amend the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill in order to ensure that the protections provided in the Bill for NHS staff and premises apply to both Wales and England; notes that whereas the management of NHS services is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales, criminal justice issues are not devolved; and believes that the primary legislation should apply across England and Wales, preferably to hospices and palliative care establishments, as well as to all NHS establishments irrespective of their form of governance.","date":"2008-03-25","status":"c"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"35007","proposer":"10218","edm":"839","session":"2007-08","title":"Stop And Search And Social Cohesion","text":"That this House recalls the systemic use of police stop and search powers in the 1970s and 1980s, and the social consequences - in the form of the inner city riots of 1981 and 1985 - which followed; is mindful of the increased use of stop and search in recent years and the deleterious consequences which that has had for social cohesion; is further mindful of the evidence which shows that not only is stop and search an ineffective method of dealing with crime and terrorism, but also that its widespread use leads to the alienation of the very communities whose co-operation is vital to tackling extremism; and is therefore alarmed at the apparent willingness of the Government and the official Opposition to encourage still more use of stop and search, and abandonment of checks and balances which were part of the lessons learned from the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence.","date":"2008-01-31","status":"c"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"34645","proposer":"10614","edm":"512","session":"2007-08","title":"Police Officer Pay Settlement","text":"That this House is disappointed by the failure of the Government to accept in full the recommendations of the Police Arbitration Tribunal police pay award; believes that the pay settlement should be backdated to 1st September; notes that the police are the front line in the fight against organised crime, terrorism and anti-social behaviour; recognises that their work puts them at great personal risk; further believes that this dispute over 0.6 per cent. difference is petty and needless; and calls upon the Government to reconsider its decision.","date":"2007-12-06","status":"c"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"34532","proposer":"11420","edm":"410","session":"2007-08","title":"Fixed Penalties For People Found Drunk In A Public House","text":"That this House notes the plan for police officers to visit public houses during the Christmas period in order to identify people who are drunk and raise funds for the Exchequer by charging a fixed penalty fee of \u00c2\u00a380; questions whether this is a good use of police time; and calls for the Home Office to cancel this plan.","date":"2007-11-27","status":"c"},{"topic":"Public order offences","id":"34159","proposer":"10258","edm":"69","session":"2007-08","title":"Costs Of Policing Entertainment Areas","text":"That this House believes that the cost of policing entertainment areas at night in towns and cities across the country should not fall entirely on the central or council taxpayer; further believes that provision should be made to provide a mechanism for the general control of anti-social behaviour by individuals once they are away from the vicinity of licensed premises; and to this end, and working on the principle that the polluter should pay, urges the Government to grant local authorities mandatory powers to impose a levy on premises throughout the country whose customers cause an unwanted burden via policing and clean-up costs.","date":"2007-11-06","status":"c"}]