Crime & Policing Bill - Do Respect Orders and new protest powers respect human rights? Joint Committee on Human Rights to question witnesses

Wednesday 11 June, 2.15pm

Panel 1 

• Dr Alex Black, Sheffield Hallam University 

• Tyrone Steele, JUSTICE 

Panel 2 

• Chief Constable Mark Hobrough, Gwent Police  

• Rebecca Bryant, Resolve 

The Joint Committee on Human Rights will examine human rights implications of the Crime & Policing Bill in an evidence session on Wednesday 11 June. 

The Bill was introduced by the Government to deliver reforms to policing and the criminal justice system, and to support its stated mission to halve knife crime and violence against women and girls in a decade. In this session the Committee will examine the Bill's measures dealing with anti-social behaviour and public order.  

The Bill would establish new Respect Orders to address anti-social behaviour. This would allow courts to issue orders setting conditions, such as banning an individual from certain areas or requiring attendance at alcohol support services. Breach of a Respect Order would be a criminal offence. The Bill would also establish new criminal offences relating to protests, including for concealing identity and carrying pyrotechnics. The Committee will examine if the measures in the Bill strike the right balance and are compatible with human rights.