United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 31303
Public Order Offences
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12 July 2021
Last action
20 July 2021 · Answer
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20 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of replacing the common law offence of public nuisance with a statutory offence of intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance.
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12 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of replacing the common law offence of public nuisance with a statutory offence of intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance.
Source: Commons
20 July 2021
Answer
When drafting the measure on Public Nuisance for Part 3 of the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Government considered the Law Commission’s recommendation to restate the common law offence of public nuisance in statue provided in their report "...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-12/31303
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1345736
- uk · wq-1345736 · source updated 20 July 2021