Public Order Bill
Debate between Lord Paddick and Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
Committee stage
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Tuesday 22nd November 2022
(2 years ago)
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Lord Macdonald of River Glaven (CB)
Does the noble Lord understand that prosecutors, in authorising and not authorising charges, have discretion in whether to prosecute a case? No prosecutor I have met would ever prosecute a case on the facts the noble Lord has just set out.
Lord Paddick (LD)
Is the noble Lord also aware that one of the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, addresses exactly this issue, making somebody voluntarily accompanying a person to a clinic exempt from this clause?