The government lowered the threshold for taking action against protesters despite opposition from the House of Lords, a Lords committee has said.
The regulations in question allow the police to intervene in a wider range of circumstances, including by reducing the threshold for “serious” disruption.
Other changes include allowing the police to consider the cumulative impact of repeated protests in the same area and incorporating the phrase “absolute disruption” to take account of whether there is disruption in an area regardless of the protest.
The regulations were initially rejected by the House of Lords in February when put forward as amendments to the Public Order Act 2023….