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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Government could be forced to draw up new bill after ‘draconian’ protest laws defeated by Lords

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The government will have to draw up a new bill to bring in “draconian” protest laws backed by Priti Patel, following a series of humiliating defeats in the House of Lords.

Peers stripped some of the most controversial clauses out of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill after the government attempted to add them at a late stage of scrutiny.

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