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To help ensure the right balance is struck between the right to protest and the...

Recommendation
To help ensure the right balance is struck between the right to protest and the rights of people to worship without intimidation, the Bill should be amended so that the police can impose conditions when they reasonably believe that an assembly or procession “would intimidate persons of reasonable firmness” rather than “may intimidate persons of reasonable firmness”. Draft amendments to achieve this are included in the Annex to this report. (Recommendation, Paragraph 147) Other issues
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 November 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age 1.2 yr
Report published 14 Jul 2025