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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 1957

Crime (Assaults on Emergency Services Staff) Bill

[As Introduced]
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This bill aims to create specific legal protections for emergency service workers like police, ambulance staff and firefighters by making assaults against them a separate crime with potentially tougher penalties. It recognises that these workers are attacked while doing their jobs and deserve extra legal protection.

Presented by Holly Lynch.
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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' vote407 MPs
77% Ayes · 31223% Noes · 95
The democratic gap

23% , a wide gap

Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading7 Feb 2017
  • 2nd reading