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Petition to: Repeal restrictions on protest near Parliament

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Repeal those provisions of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 that prevent people from protesting (without permission outside) the place where their laws are made. More details

Submitted by Richard Pope – Deadline to sign up by: 15 November 2007 – Signatures: 332

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The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) bans the right of protest (unless it is cleared by a commissioner 6 days in advance) within a 1km radius of the UK's seat of government. The area covers the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, most government ministries, St Thomas's Hospital, part of the South Bank and Lambeth Palace.

As such the zone presents a threat to freedom of speech in that it prevents people's voices being heard by those who make our laws.

You can read the full text of the act here: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/200...

Current signatories

Richard Pope, the Petition Creator, joined by 331 signatories:

  1. Robert Davies
  2. Richard Cobley
  3. Stuart Blakemroe
  4. Tim Ireland
  5. Waqar Ahmad
  6. David Holden
  7. David Goodman
  8. Tara Kendall
  9. R. Boakes
  10. Ganesh Sittampalam
  11. Stephen Roe
  12. Owen Blacker
  13. David Ross
  14. R Spiess
  15. Tim Hubbard
  16. Martyn Haynes
  17. Sally Burgess
  18. Adrian Bates
  19. Pierce Glennie
  20. chris Bowles
  21. Clive Gross
  22. Benjamin Michael Puusta
  23. Richard Littlejohn
  24. Miriam Osner
  25. Gavin Whenman
  26. Jo Charman
  27. Carly Banner
  28. Rupert Keay
  29. Vladimir Plouzhnikov
  30. Alexis Manning
  31. Louise Boulton
  32. Chris Camm
  33. Jamie Reeves
  34. Paul Clark
  35. Julia Hammond
  36. Helen Cross
  37. bob rayner
  38. christopher Bunker
  39. Cllr. Gavin Ayling
  40. A Jones
  41. David Stewart
  42. James Elsdon-Baker
  43. Jason Bridge
  44. Michael IrwinTazzar
  45. James Smith
  46. david power
  47. Qasim Salimi
  48. Paul Rayner
  49. Martin Owens
  50. Jock Coats
  51. Lou Greenwood
  52. Francesca Lamarque
  53. David J. Ruck
  54. Jon Grant
  55. Stuart Wells
  56. Stephen Townsend
  57. Richi Jennings
  58. Elizabeth Elder
  59. David McEvoy
  60. Christine Daae Clemens
  61. Kevin Wright
  62. Aissa Cockroft
  63. Joseph Smithson
  64. Arfon Jones
  65. Timothy Wolfgang Slade
  66. Nicholas Kasch
  67. Andrew White
  68. Nik Clayton
  69. Thomas Curtis
  70. Ashlie Large
  71. Paul Hardcastle
  72. Steve Cotton
  73. M. Davis
  74. Harry McCulla
  75. William Astle
  76. Ian Macfarlane
  77. Rosalynd Mckenzie
  78. Kerri Parish
  79. A J Green
  80. Brian Tang
  81. Gareth O'Shea
  82. Jacqui Houlding
  83. ruth ball
  84. Christian Marriott
  85. Samuel Shirley
  86. Paul Sellars
  87. Peter O'Farrell
  88. Gareth Winchester
  89. Zainab Juma
  90. Pippin Sadler
  91. Sophie Talbot
  92. david Chambers
  93. Holly Hardacre
  94. Alex Bailey
  95. Olivia Rainford
  96. Phillip Barker
  97. Nick Godwin
  98. Steven Pearson
  99. Dean Beard
  100. Julian Holliday
Further Signatories (Signatures 101 to 331)
Chris hilliard, Tomas Gutierrez, Martin Audley, Leo Davidson, Graham Tattersall, Nick Pullar, Philip Bartle, J Smith, Jean Foley, Trevor Fairminer, John Hemsley, EDDIE HOTCHKISS, Jane Little, Robert Dunbar, Peter Firmin, Philip JE Clarke, Simon Gibbs, Tina Louise, Asa M. Thorpe, Helen Bond, Neil Redfern, Robert Carr, john hodge, Richard Alan Burnham, James King, Ian Barrs, Cliff Harris, Rebecca Dawson, stuart scott, Kate Levick, Martin Dixon, Nichola Phoebe Tunstall, jonatha biggins, Jennifer Kirk, Louis Orsi, Jocelyn Seligman, Hazel James-Robinson, Natalie Ivison, James Dowden, Tim Adams, Alf Megson, Ruth Pearce, Keith Garrett, Paul Chaplin, Sami Wannell, Chris Rossdale, Mark French, Ross Taylor, Simon Slade, James Taylor, Michael Boyns, Chris Smith, Niels Rakhorst, George Armbruster, Daniel Stevens, Darren Robinson, Russell Holmes, Michelle Taylor, D Viesnik, Jaie Bryce, Anthony G Connor, M.Height, Matt Crerar, Simon Fox, Phil Griffiths, Will Tribble, Lily F. Bentley, Louise Penman, Gordon Jamie MacDonald, Sarah Jones, Sam Cooke, Andrew Williams, Dr. Andrew I Johnson, RIchard Bridge, Graham Noble, Katy Routh, Sean Kelly, W J Creek, Arron Fitzgerald, George Brown, Steve Ayland, E.J.Huxley, Christopher Brown, Stephen Alexander Royston-Davies, Keith Pike, Trevor Leavesley, Richard Robbins, Damien Morris, l wells, stevesyder, Theophilus-John Meurer, Jonathan Myers, Jeff Jenkins, John van Zyl, Phillip Bennett, alice gledhill, Stan Masters, Martin Davies, Richard Morgan-Ash, Brian Varney, Rebecca Corn, Mark Rison, Alexander Pool, cliff taylor, Hannah Theaker, Victoria Plowright, Martin Donkin, Jason Banks, Timothy Stafford, Dean Hill-Jowett, kevin griffiths, Andrew Quartermain, Gary Plumley, Graham Wheatley, Rob Clack, Kirsten Elliott, John Chasemore, Alasdair Murray, Cliff Eastabrook, Ian D Fenston, Rebecca Stevens, Chris Gidden, Derek Bernard, Michael Chelk, Olly Loosemore, Rufus Evison, Sam Buckley, Tom Steadman, Stephen Harness & Cassandra Petibout, Colin Shepherd, Richard Binstead, Dan mcquaid, Oliver Burnham, Adrian Featherstonhaugh, Robert Morgan, Bryan Amery, lesley macdonald, Richard Tomes, Christopher John Hemming, H Lawrence, Mark Bollman, Alastair Ramsay, Samantha Kean, Duncan Hames, Richard Tingle, Justin McKeating, Simon Martin, Duncan Tolson, Matthew Tebbit, James Burke, Katherine Riddle, Nicola Barker, Rachel Robson, lee butler, Andrew Colbourne, Andrew Worth, David Hudson, Sam Taylor, Mike Jecks, Jackie Chown, A H Dixon, Aysha Rafique, Christopher McKeon, Stephen Williams, Angela Reid, Margaret King, Thomas W. Smith, Ann Garratt, ed thompson, Samantha Lewis, denise friend, Alexandra Douet, Joe Patrick, peter wing, J Ridout, Andrew Tate, christopher moynagh, Alex Heylin, luis burge, Alan Uisce, James Taylor, Anne Ward, Ali Taverner, Michael Marsden, Matt Wilson, James Alec Newman, Robert Norfolk, anthony melling, mark curtis, Nicola Reed, richard bowden, John Kenney, Herb Desson, Joey Bartlett, Tom SF Haines, Steve Blum, Rob Spiller, Peter Timmins, Jason McGuiness, Scott Coe, Zelah Meyer, Gordon Marchant, M JONES, DW Williams, Anne Kasica, Elizabeth Ayers, Chris Woodmansey, Philip Cowley, David Cook, Jason Knight, B.Emb, Alison Campbell-Salmon, Michael Evans, Patricia Holden, Kim Reed, jodie munks, Simon Davis, Philip Shaw, adam jude, haydn john latham, Richard Gentle-Green, John Holyer, Nicholas Wild, Robert Young, Allrik Birch, J Huntington, Grant Fettis, Chris Hills, David Norris, Edmund Woodfield, Kathryn Botten
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