Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Written evidence submitted by Maureen Martin et al (PCSCB 3 3 )

Evidence re: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021.

Reject New Clause 43.

• Buffer zones deny women last-minute help to women, including those who feel pressured or have been coerced into having an abortion. • Peaceful pro-life vigils are not protests. • Pro-lifers at peaceful vigils do not behave in a harassing or intimidating manner. They are simply praying and making it clear that help is available. • Many children are alive today because their mother met a loving pro-life person directly outside the abortion clinic – where desperate women most need help. • New Clause 43 is an attack on freedom of expression. • In 2018 the Home Office did an extensive review on vigils around abortion clinics and concluded that " introducing national buffer zones would not be a proportionate response, considering the experiences of the majority of hospitals and clinics, and considering that the majority of activities are more passive in nature".  • Praying and offering help to women who do not want to go ahead with their abortion, should not be tacked onto this bill and made a criminal offence.

We've also received similar evidence on this matter from:

• (i) Joanne Hansen

• (ii) Keith Crudgington

• (iii) Paul Rhodes

• (iv) Anna Marie Shlyshen

• (v) Felicity A Tait

• (vi) Chris Thorogood

• (vii) Mrs Margaret Thomas

• (viii) Eileen Fox

• (ix) Chris Galea

• (x) Claire Gough

• (xi) Michel Lhombreaud

• (xii) Dr Denis Haye s

• (xiii) Mr Stephen Northam

• (xiv) Patrick Williams

• (xv) Danny Crofts

• (xvi) Andrew Clarke

• (xvii) Dameris Alonso

• (xviii) Peter Murphy

• (xvix) Karen Rodgers

• (xx) Audrey and Paul Edwards

• (xxi) Lisa Rabone

• (xxii) Thomas Croy

• (xxiii) Marie Coles

• (xxiv) Fred Stott

• (xxv) H M Kift

• (xxvi) Aileen Savage

• (xxvii) Margareta Munro

• (xxviii) Carol Williamson

• (xxvix) Mary Tucker

• (xxx) Joseph McClean

• (xxxi) James Flynn

• (xxxii) Tony Nash

• (xxxiii) Ralphe Phelan

• (xxxiv) Anthony Kealey

• (xxxv)) Robert Houghton

• (xxxvi) John Mutch

• (xxxvii) Steven Butler

• (xxxviii) Maria Daviesc

• (xxxvix) Barbara Tinto

• (xxxx)(l) Janet Sinclair

• (xxxx)(li) Mrs L Rank

• (xxxx)(lii) David Rodda

• (xxxx)(liii) Una Fegan

• (xxxx)(liv) John OConno r

• (xxxx)(xlv) Ben Gill

• (xxxx)(lvi) Joy Wilson

• (xxxx)(lvii) Gary Low

• (lviii) Christopher Arnold

• (lvix) Andrew Spencer

• (Y)(L) Malcolm Berry

• (Y)(Li) Sarah Murray

• (Y)(Lii) Gordon mcGhee

• (Y)(Liii) Andre Fraser

• (Y)(Liv) Kat Williams

• (Y)(Lv) Ian Rechten

• (Y)(Lvi) Paul Gorman

• (Y)(Lvii) Bernard Stephens

• (Y)(Lviii) Elizabeth Kubiak

• (Y)(Lvix) Teresa Lynch

• (Y)(Lx) Elemer Fejer

• (Y)(Lxi) Christopher Powell

• (Y)(Lxii) Peter Newsham

• (Y)(Lxiii) Patricia Williamson

• (Y)(Lxiv) Michael Kitson

• (Y)(Lxv)) Patricia Spiller

• (Y)(Lxvi) S Crossed

• (Y)(Lxvii) Alina Armstrong

• (Y)(Lxviii) Michael Entwhistle

• (Y)(Lxvix) Betty Morrison

• (Y)(Lxx) Lorraine Howells

• (Y)(Lxxi) Jo Robertson

• (Y)(Lxxii) Barbara Lewis

• (Y)(Lxxiii) Patrick Murphy

• (Y)(Lxxiv) Gill Brydon

• (Y)(Lxxv) Paul Doohan

• (Y)(Lxxvi) Johnathan Derrick

• (Y)(Lxxvii) Philip Thornley

• (Y)(Lxxviii) Gillian Cockwill

• (Y)(Lxxvix) James Charles

• (Y)(Lxxx) Rob Hills

• (Y)(Lxxxi) Elene Harambous

• (Y)(Lxxxii) Colin Cann

• (Y)(Lxxxiii) Don Gardener

• (Y)(Lxxxiv) Robert Sellwood

• (Y)(Lxxxv) Anne Wickstone

• (Y)(Lxxxvi) Anne Marie Gardener

• (Y)(Lxxxvii) Catherine Lee

• (Y)(Lxxxviii) Gabriele Guerra

• (Y)(Lxxxvix) Trevor S idnell

• (Y)(Lxxxx) Kenn Wild

• (Y)(Lxxxxi) Michael n Mary donlan

• (Y)(Lxxxxii) Damien Gilmartin

• (Y)(Lxxxxiii) Michael n Pat Doherty

• (Y)(Lxxxxiv) Martin Pollachi

• (Y)(Lxxxxv) Karen Rodgers

• (Y)(Lxxxxvi) Giorgio Chiosso

• (Y)(Lxxxxvii) Margaret Knapman

• (Y)(Lxxxxviii) Dennis Pedley

• (Y)(Lxxxxviii) Andrew Pettigrew

• (Ya)(i) Mary Espinasse

• (Ya)(ii) Vernon Fernandes

• (Ya)(iii) Josiah Bell

• (Ya)(iv) Tony Mullett

• (Ya)(v) Chris Ohly

• (Ya)(vi) Gerard McGuiness

• (Ya)(vii) Sir Filmer Honywood

• (Ya)(viii) Sheila Dickson

• (Ya)(vix) Mary Dark

• (Ya)(x) Michael Cassidy

• (Ya)(xi) Mary McAllister

• (Ya)(xii) Martina Burrows

• (Ya)(xiii) Anthony Williams

• (Ya)(xiv) Matthew Showering

• (Ya)(xv) John Barrett

• (Ya)(xvi) Nicky Whyman

• (Ya)(xvii) Pati Corrigan

• (Ya)(xviii) Tom Green

• (Ya)(xvix) John Gramstadt

• (Ya)(xx) Roger Kendall

• (Ya)(xxi) Patrick Cunningham

• (Ya)(xxii) Tessa Masih

• (Ya)(xxiii) Juliet Chaplin

• (Ya)(xxiv) Anthony Regan

• (Ya)(xxv) Tony Herber Davies

• (Ya)(xxvi) Rita-Zelie ST. Lyon

• (Ya)(xxvii) Chris Niven

• (Ya)(xxviii) Brian Mallalieu

• (Ya)(xxix) Julie Woolford

• (Ya)(xxx) Mrs A. E. Farmer

• (Ya)(xxxi) Michael Anderson

• (Ya)(xxxii) K Lorraine Clark

• (Ya)(xxxiii) Benjamin Yoong

• (Ya)(xxxiv) Sally Jordan

• (Ya)(xxxv) Sheila Rafferty

• (Ya)(xxxvi) Mrs P R Baker

• (Ya)(xxxvii) Mrs Teresa Murphy

• (Ya)(xxxviii) Mark Howitt

• (Ya)(xxxix) Kylie North

• (Ya)(xl) James McWalter

• (Ya)(xli) Joaquim Noronha

• (Ya)(xxxxii) Julian Hurst

• (Ya)(xxxxiii) Audrey and Paul Edwards

• (Ya)(xxxxiv) Mary Tipper

• (Ya)(xxxxv) Diane Botto

• (Ya)(xxxxvi) Phil Peake

• (Ya)(xxxxvii) Thomas Allen

• (Ya)(xxxxviii) Kevin O'Hara

• (Ya)(xxxxviiii) Barbara Ren

• (Ya)(xxxxix) Christine Isherwood

• (Yb)(i) David Earley

• (Yb)(ii) Gwen Chiosso

• (Yb)(iii) John Sheridan

• (Yb)(iv) Terry Dunne

• (Yb)(v) Emanuel Bercea

• (Yb)(vi) Lidia Bercea

• (Yb)(vii) Cheryl DeSouza

• (Yb)(viii) Philip Simms

• (Yb)(ix) Terence Brown

• (Yb)(x) Mrs Lisa Gliddon

• (Yb)(xi) Ken Jackson

• (Yb)(xii) Mrs Ollerenshaw

• (Yb)(xiii) moijoe

• (Yb)(xiv) Larney Wilsnagh

• (Yb)(xv) Peter Allington

• (Yb)(xvi) Quentin Reynolds

• (Yb)(xvii) John Irwin

• (Yb)(xviii) Stephen Price

• (Yb)(xix) Virginia Bell

• (Yb)(xx) Jeremy Nash

• (Yb)(xxi) James O'Hagan

• (Yb)(xxii) Ernest Wheatley

• (Yb)(xxiii) Colin Bryan

• (Yb)(xxiv) John Mortimer

• (Yb)(xxv) Francesca Meehan

• (Yb)(xxvi) Chris Linton Ford

• (Yb)(xxvii) Kate Wynne

• (Yb)(xxviii) Clare Gardner

• (Yb)(xxvix) Maureen Sarjeant

• (Yb)(xxx) John Fogarty

• (Yb)(xxxi) Terrina Perera

• (Yb)(xxxii) Anne Bouromane

• (Yb)(xxxiii) Mrs Wendy Nutley

• (Yb)(xxxiv) Toby Gettins

• (Yb)(xxxv) Pat Coleman

• (Yb)(xxxvi) Dona Farrow

• (Yb)(xxxvii) Rado Pavec

• (Yb)(xxxviii) Wendy Lim

• (Yb)(xxxix) Richard Zetter

• (Yb)(xxxx) Peter Walton

• (Yb)(xxxxi) Brian McDonald

• (Yb)(xxxxii) Alison Eastwood

• (Yb)(xxxxiii) Nicholas Watson

• (Yb)(xxxxiv) Federico Caprotti

• (Yb)(xxxxv) Mrs Anica Grantham

• (Yb)(xxxxvi) Teresa Dawson

• (Yb)(xxxxvii) Nathan Davey

• (Yb)(xxxxviii) Helen Birkbeck

• (Yb)(xxxxix) Danny Michael George Hoare

• (Yc)(i) Brendan O'Leary

• (Yc)(ii) Alithea Williams

• (Yc)(iii) Christine Conlon

• (Yc)(iv) Will DeFraine

• (Yc)(v) Dan Williams

• (Yc)(vi) John Higgin s

• (Yc)(vii) Dimitrov Atanas

• (Yc)(viii) Michael Sheridan

• (Yc)(vix) Frances Redmore

• (Yc)(x) B Mather

• (Yc)(xi) Sally and Peter Jones

• (Yc)(xii) Michael Petek

• (Yc)(xiii) Anne Knight

• (Yc)(xiv) Peter Hristov

• (Yc)(xv) Ian Corcoran

• (Yc)(xvi) Brendan P McGuinness

• (Yc)(xvii) Kevin and Linda Ladner

• (Yc)(xviii) Rev. Deacon Thomas Morrison

• (Yc)(xvix) M Carmen Haque

• (Yc)(xx) Lois Anne du Toit

• (Yc)(xxi) James Crossley

• (Yc)(xxii) Jennifer Sanders

• (Yc)(xxiii) Mark McNally

• (Yc)(xxiv) Dorothy Coomarewel

• (Yc)(xxv) David Tortolano

• (Yc)(xxvi) Mrs Margaret Pattinson

• (Yc)(xxvii) Sharon Hughes

• (Yc)(xxviii) Carmel Randell

• (Yc)(xxvix) Edgar Ter Danielyan

• (Yc)(xxx) Laurence Pusey

• (Yc)(xxxi) Diana Cook

• (Yc)(xxxii) Rupert Lescher

• (Yc)(xxxiii) Jude Hodson

• (Yc)(xxxiv) Susan Myszka

• (Yc)(xxxv) Julie Kilburn

• (Yc)(xxxvi) David Johnston

• (Yc)(xxxvii) Maria Grazia Luciano

• (Yc)(xxxviii) Mrs Louise Gray

• (Yc)(xxxvix) Mr S P Blatch

• (Yc)(xxxx) Susan Palmer

• (Yc)(xxxxi) Anna Sengendo

• (Yc)(xxxxii) Thomas Freegard

• (Yc)(xxxxiii) Julia Grimer

• (Yc)(xxxxiv) Andrew Watkins

• (Yc)(xxxxv) Dr R Apps

• (Yc)(xxxxvi) Graham and Renee Haddow

• (Yc)(xxxxvii) Francesca Mary Flynn

• (Yc)(xxxxviii) Lesley Ring

• (Yc)(xxxxvix) Philomena Irwin

• (Yd)(i) Alexander Hawkins

• (Yd)(ii) Sonja Clack

• (Yd)(iii) Rita Bradford

• (Yd)(iv) Paul and Jean Dancy

• (Yd)(v) Dr Jason Breed

• (Yd)(vi) Veronika Donald

• (Yd)(vii) Nicholas Wolff

• (Yd)(viii) Declan Finan

• (Yd)(vix) Andréa Coombs

• (Yd)(x) Mrs Breda Bibby

• (Yd)(xi) Dr Stephen Robert Brennan

• (Yd)(xii) Máire Lawless

• (Yd)(xiii) Mrs G Jukes

• (Yd)(xiv) Amanda Manship

• (Yd)(xv) Peter Daniels

• (Yd)(xvi) Geraldine Thomas

• (Yd)(xvii) Stephanie Pyne

• (Yd)(xviii) Susan Boulden

• (Yd)(xvix) Mrs Florence Ferry

• (Yd)(xx) Jacqueline Bridge

• (Yd)(xxi) Norman Nash

• (Yd)(xxii) Kathryn Pearce

• (Yd)(xxiii) Mrs Carol Ann Russell

• (Yd)(xxiv) Mrs Patricia Stratton

• (Yd)(xxv) Neil Ang

• (Yd)(xxvi) Francis Miles

• (Yd)(xxvii) Chris Maude

• (Yd)(xxviii) Rosemary Richardson

• (Yd)(xxvix) Mike P almer

• (Yd)(xxx) Mary Antionette Holland

• (Yd) (xxxi) Irene Yoong-Henry

• (Yd)(xxxii) Peter Beales

• (Yd)(xxxiii) Mathew Thalanany

• (Yd)(xxxi v ) Alan Copson

• (Yd)(xxxv) Wendy Richards

• (Yd)(xxxvi) Christine Monument

• (Yd)(xxxvii) Catherine Greenall

• (Yd)(xxxviii) Peter Sammons

• (Yd)(xxxvix) Elizabeth Meyer

• (Yd)(xxxx) John Mutch

• (Yd)(xxxxi) Gary Jenkins

• (Yd)(xxxxii) Kathleen Linton-Ford

• (Yd)(xxxxiii) Marie Hall

• (Yd)(xxxxiv) Krystina johnson

• (Yd)(xxxxv) Maureen Atkins

• (Yd)(xxxxvi) Rachel Forster

• (Yd)(xxxxvii) Mrs Louise Blacker

• (Yd)(xxxxviii) Dr David Ball

• (Yd)(xxxxvix) Harry Marchant

• (Ye)(i) Mrs Margaret Laycock

• (Ye)(ii) James Joseph Finn

• (Ye)(iii) Anthony Stratford

• (Ye)(iv) Chris Birch

• (Ye)(v) Magdalina Apetroae

• (Ye)(vi) Michael Henry

• (Ye)(vii) Carlos da Silva

• (Ye)(viii) Katie McLoughlin

• (Ye)(vix) Mike and Carol Flanagan

• (Ye)(x) Leonie Shepherd

• (Ye)(xi) Margaret Stephenson

• (Ye)(xii) Christine Hudson

• (Ye)(xiii) Mr W T Gallagher

• (Ye)(xiv) L Maurice

• (Ye)(xv) Jackie Morgan

• (Ye)(xvi) Miss A M E Rowlands

• (Ye)(xvii) Kevin Powell

• (Ye)(xviii) Thomas Lyons

• (Ye)(xvix) Gloria Dolan

• (Ye)(xx) Mike Sherlock

• (Ye)(xxi) David Melville

• (Ye)(xxii) Dominic Meigh

• (Ye)(xxiii) Anne Whitehous e

• (Ye)(xxiv) Roger Talaid

• (Ye)(xxv) Dr Elamma Mathew

• (Ye)(xxvi) Augustine Kinane

• (Ye)(xxvii) Stephen Oreilly

• (Ye)(xxviii) Laurence Richardson

• (Ye)(xxvix) Maureen Douglas

• (Ye)(xxx) Patrick Lewis

• (Ye)(xxxi) Dorothea Rose

• (Ye)(xxxii) James MacDonald

• (Ye)(xxxiii) Janet Marshall

• (Ye)(xxxiv) Stephen Cardwell

• (Ye)(xxxv) Sharon Gallagher

• (Ye)(xxxvi) Anne Cook

• (Ye)(xxxvii) Francesca Scarles

• (Ye)(xxxviii) Cathy Waterhouse

• (Ye)(xxxvix) Elizabeth Eaglesham, Kathleen Horrigan, Claire Waddelove, Catherine C. Conway, Bernadette Byrne, Marion Barker, Minona Pimenta, Weronika Hansen, Kathleen O’Keeffe, Barbara Anne Eason, Clare Dempsey, Clare Quayle, Caroline Badger, Deborah Janet Bacon, Helen S. Brown, Patricia Dickinson, Madeleine McCann, Victoria Neame, Joanne Ryan, Elizabeth Burgess. Rachel Appleby, Helen Payne, Daphne Sinclair, Rachel O’ Riordan, St.Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight

• (Ye)(xxxx) Jan Wallis

• (Ye)(xxxxi) R M Haig

• (Ye)(xxxxii) Catherine Sharples

• (Ye)(xxxxiii) Iwona Edupuganti

• (Ye)(xxxxiv) Marie and John Neal

• (Ye)(xxxxv) Miss Trish Cohen

• (Ye)(xxxxvi) Mrs Ann Cohen

• (Ye)(xxxxvii) Mr James Cohen

• (Ye)(xxxxviii) Mrs Kathryn Arkell

• (Ye)(xxxxvix) Mr R J Perilli

• (Yf)(i) Mrs Felicity Smart

• (Yf)(ii) Susan Ingham Mackay

• (Yf)(iii) Mrs Candida Baldwin

• (Yf)(iv) Mr John Arkell

• (Yf)(v) Bernard Corcoran

• (Yf)(vi) Helena Lee

• (Yf)(vii) Damien Paul Hickman

• (Yf)(viii) Mrs John Tennant

• (Yf)(vix) Mrs Agnes Gurney

• (Yf)(x) Sheelagh Turner

• (Yf)(xi) Stephen Grieve

• (Yf)(xii) Brian Medlicott

• (Yf)(xiii) Jonathan Cannon

• (Yf)(xiv) Stella Kinmond

• (Yf)(xv) Valerie Bannerman

• (Yf)(xvi) Jane Sutton

• (Yf)(xvii) Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)

• (Yf)(xviii) Mrs Julie Rogers

• (Yf)(xvix) James Young

• (Yf)(xx) Adrian Bickers

• (Yf)(xxi) Ian Smith

• (Yf)(xxii) Margaret Evans

• (Yf)(xxiii) John McGordon

• (Yf)(xxiv) Fred Denton

• (Yf)(xxv) Mrs Sally Hill

• (Yf)(xxvi) Anthony Murphy

• (Yf)(xxvii) Gerrard McMahon

• (Yf)(xxviii) Fr Michael Puljic

• (Yf)(xxvix) Christina Beard

• (Yf)(xxx) Ian and Vi LaRiviere

• (Yf)(xxxi) Peter O'Connor

• (Yf)(xxxii) Mr Peter Lindeman and Mrs Sheila Lindeman

• (Yf)(xxxiii) Sandra Searle

• (Yf)(xxxiv) Alison Barnett

• (Yf)(xxxv) Martin Martinez

• (Yf)(xxxvi) Robert Wehrmeyer

• (Yf)(xxxvii) Simon Rigby

• (Yf)(xxxviii) Norman Gracey

• (Yf)(xxxvix) Maurice Goldwater

• (Yf)(xxxx) Brian John

• (Yf)(xxxxi) Damien Doherty

• (Yf)(xxxxii) S Kinder

• (Yf)(xxxxiii) Kate Nisbet

June 2021