Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Official Summary

A Bill to make provision about the police and other emergency workers; to make provision about collaboration between authorities to prevent and reduce serious violence; to make provision about offensive weapons homicide reviews; to make provision for new offences and for the modification of existing offences; to make provision about the powers of the police and other authorities for the purposes of preventing, detecting, investigating or prosecuting crime or investigating other matters; to make provision about the maintenance of public order; to make provision about the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles; to make provision in connection with driving offences; to make provision about cautions; to make provision about bail and remand; to make provision about sentencing, detention, release, management and rehabilitation of offenders; to make provision about secure 16 to 19 Academies; to make provision for and in connection with procedures before courts and tribunals; and for connected purposes.

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Overview

This bill primarily concerns amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, specifically focusing on the conditions that can be placed on public processions and assemblies. The amendments center around clarifying the circumstances under which restrictions can be imposed, particularly regarding potential disruption to essential services and the delivery of time-sensitive goods.

Description

The core of the disagreements lies in amendments to clauses 55 and 61, and clause 56. The amendments propose adding criteria for imposing conditions on public processions and assemblies in England and Wales. These criteria focus on instances where processions or assemblies could significantly disrupt essential services (such as the supply of food, water, energy, or access to healthcare) or the timely delivery of crucial goods. The amendments also specify that prolonged disruption to the activities of organisations due to noise from protests could justify restrictions. Substantial debate centers around the precise wording defining “serious disruption” and the parliamentary procedures to approve or disapprove of such amendments.

Government Spending

The bill itself doesn't directly allocate specific sums of government spending. However, the potential for increased policing resources to manage restricted processions and assemblies could indirectly lead to increased spending. No concrete figures are provided in the provided text.

Groups Affected

Groups potentially affected include:

Organisers of public processions and assemblies: They may face stricter regulations and conditions placed on their events.
Participants in public processions and assemblies: They may experience restrictions on their freedom of assembly and protest.
Businesses and organisations: Their operations could be impacted by restrictions imposed on nearby protests or assemblies causing disruption.
The public: Access to essential services might be temporarily disrupted due to restrictions on protests near such facilities.
The Police: Increased responsibility for monitoring and enforcing conditions on public processions and assemblies.

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