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  Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill - Secretary of State's Powers to Prohibit Public Processions
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of ministers being able to ban a procession without first consulting, if practical, the Public Order Committee of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland. 
  
  @ MP voted no against ministers being able to ban a procession without first consulting, if practical, the Public Order Committee of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of ministers being able to ban a procession without first consulting, if practical, the Public Order Committee of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland. 
  
  MPs were considering the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill. 
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :amendment 20, in page 7, line 14, at end insert 'and'. 
  
  
  In the debate prior to the vote the MP moving the motion explained:
  
  :This group of amendments would remove the duty on the Secretary of State to consult, where practicable, the Police Authority for Northern Ireland public order committee before imposing a banning order. Amendments Nos. 20 and 21 remove the obligation in the Bill,
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