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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Withdraw the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021

Stop the government from restricting our right to protest.

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Restricting the right to protest and imposing more police powers is not the way to combat protests- instead real action and social change must happen.

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

Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579012

Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578875

Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579242

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