03 December 2021
Michael Zander QC covers the government’s response to climate activists Extinction Rebellion, in this week’s NLJ. He looks at the committee stage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, in the House of Lords last week
Under the controversial Bill, protesters who wilfully obstruct the highway could be sent to prison for six months―the current maximum penalty is £1,000. Likewise, attaching oneself to another person or to objects or attaching two objects together, creating ‘serious disruption’, could land a protester six months in prison.
Zander notes how ‘apart from their controversial content, the late tabling and inadequate time for debate’ provoked strong criticism.
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