James Sunderland welcomes the inclusion of elements of the Desecration of War Memorials Bill into the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, and presses the Justice Secretary to complete the job and implement the remaining provisions.
James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)
The Justice Secretary will know of the hard work undertaken in this Parliament to bring the Desecration of War Memorials Bill into law. Elements of that Bill were subsumed into the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, but will he now undertake to complete the job?
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Chalk)
My hon. Friend is one of two hon. Members who have fought hard on this issue, and he does so from the position of having served his country. It is completely iniquitous that people should seek to act in a way that desecrates war memorials. His specific point seems utterly compelling and I am happy to discuss it with him hereafter.