Reject the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Home Secretary seeks to introduce new laws in the UK via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. Hidden in this bill are details of the Government seeking power to restrict any non-violent protects on the grounds of ‘noise or nuisance’ and make protests at Parliament Square illegal.

The Government is seeking to clamp down on the right to peacefully protest directly in response to the various climate and race-related protests which took place in 2020. It is no secret that the Home Secretary does not support the freedom to protest after her labelling of the 2020 BLM protests as ‘dreadful’. The Government is seeking to suppress the freedom to protest by increasing police powers to stop them, even for non-violent protests of just one person. We demand that the Bill be rejected.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest: Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest.

Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill: Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill

Timeline

14 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
19 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Mar 2021

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