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Bristol Post
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Amy Gibbons, PA Political Correspondent & Ben Bloch

Dominic Raab says MPs to push ahead with protest crackdown despite House of Lords defeat

Dominic Raab says the Government would bring back highly controversial measures against noisy protests in the wake of a string of defeats in the Lords.

Yesterday, peers backed by 261 votes to 166, majority 95, a Labour-led amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which scraps the power to impose conditions on protest marches judged to be too loud.

It was among a raft of defeats inflicted by the Lords on the Government over its crackdown on demonstrations in the wake of major disruption caused by eco-activists.

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