The National Disability Strategy: Content, reaction and progress
What is the National Disability Strategy (NDS), how has it been received, what are the legal issues and what progress has been made?

This Library briefing paper provides analysis of Parts 3 and 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (the Bill). Parts 3 and 4 would amend various pieces of public order law to change to how protests and unauthorised encampments (Gypsy and Traveller sites associated with trespass) are policed.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2019-21: Part 3 and 4- Public order and unauthorised encampments (898 KB , PDF)
Part 3 (clauses 54 to 60), of the Bill would make major changes to the way protests are policed in England and Wales:
The Bill’s Explanatory Notes say the measures are necessary because recent
Part 4 (clauses 61 to 63) of the Bill would amend the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJPOA) to:
Parts 3 and 4 are amongst the most controversial provisions in the Bill.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services has given their “qualified support for…. Home Office proposals for changes in the law”. They say they “would improve the effectiveness of protest policing, as long as they are applied proportionately and in line with human rights law”. Human rights advocates have not agreed. Gracie Bradley (the Director of Liberty) says the provisions concerning protest will “undermine protest, which is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy”.
The Government’s pre-legislative consultation regarding unauthorised encampments generated a number of organised campaigns in opposition including an e-petition which garnered 134,932 signatures. The petition called the Government’s proposed criminal offence “extreme, illiberal and unnecessary”.
The Government says there is an “appetite to extend powers available to the police when dealing with unauthorised encampments” particularly from local authorities. It says it the new offence, in combination with its proposed amendments to the CJPOA will
It says the new offence will not affect ramblers and that its intention is to “deter trespassers from setting up or residing on an unauthorised encampment.”
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2019-21: Part 3 and 4- Public order and unauthorised encampments (898 KB , PDF)
What is the National Disability Strategy (NDS), how has it been received, what are the legal issues and what progress has been made?
After a short military offensive, Nagorno-Karabakh is fully under the control of Azerbaijan. Thousands of ethnic Armenians are fleeing the region in response.
There will be a debate on the British Sign Language report 2022 and implementation of the British Sign Language Act 2022 in Westminster Hall. This debate will take place on 17 October 2023 at 14:30 and will be led by Chloe Smith MP.