KETTLING

Early day motion 1257, tabled 11 January 2011 by Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour). Signed by 34 members.

That this House is concerned about the use of kettling as a police tactic against demonstrators in the United Kingdom; expresses serious concern that in recent demonstrations individuals, including minors, have been indiscriminately kettled by police for up to nine hours without food, appropriate facilities or access to medical assistance for those who require it and have been refused the right to leave; notes that a number of individuals have suffered very serious injuries, such as bleeding to the brain, as a result of police action during recent kettles; believes this kettling to be an infringement of the fundamental right to peaceful protest; and calls on the Government to take steps to stop this practice.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Liberal Democrat 6, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1.