SNP to vote against Police and Crime Bill following anger over handling of Sarah Everard vigil
dailyrecord.co.ukSNP MPs had previously planned to abstain on the bill but are voting against following anger over heavy-handed police tactics that broke up the vigil.Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy said Labour MPs would be told to oppose the “poorly thought-out measures” which hand more powers to police to crack down on protests.He said: “The tragic death of Sarah Everard has instigated a national demand for action to tackle violence against women.“This is no time to be rushing through poorly thought-out measures to impose disproportionate controls on free expression and the right to protest.”The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would give powers to the police to impose conditions on protests which are “noisy” enough to cause “intimidation or.
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