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On Wednesday 5 July, the Home Secretary chaired a meeting at 10 Downing Street, bringing together voices from government, police and sports to ensure major British events this summer are protected from criminal disruption.

皇冠体育app Home Secretary made clear the government will support police and event leaders to prevent protesters from frustrating fans and competitors at sporting events. She committed to a continued dialogue with event organisers to ensure lessons are learnt from recent stunts by selfish activists set on spoiling these occasions.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said:

皇冠体育app protesters at Wimbledon were determined to ruin the day鈥檚 play for spectators and sports fans across the world.

This is unacceptable. We will be uncompromisingly tough on the selfish protesters intent on spoiling our world-class sporting occasions this summer.

皇冠体育app discussions I chaired at Downing Street were very productive. Sports, police and government are united against preventing further disruption of this kind.

皇冠体育app Home Secretary backed police and sports organisers to take swift action to preserve events taking place this summer. Identifying risks early, mitigating and eliminating them, backed by swift enforcement action will be central to this approach.

皇冠体育app government provided police with a clear definition of serious disruption earlier this year, making clear forces should treat repeatedly disruptive protests as sustained campaigns, not standalone events.

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said:

We convened a roundtable of event organisers and the police to redouble efforts to prevent further disruption to the Great British summer of sport, as we have seen at Wimbledon.

We must protect the right to peaceful protest,聽but that does not give licence to a vocal minority to spoil events that millions of us enjoy.

Anyone thinking of attempting to disrupt these events should think again.

皇冠体育app Policing Minister, Chris Philp, and the Minister for Sport, Stuart Andrew, also pledged to continue close contact with law enforcement and cultural sectors to grip the issue ahead of major events including Silverstone.

Public order and events leads from the National Police Chiefs鈥� Council and National Police Co-ordination Centre updated attendees on preparations at other events this summer, including intelligence gathering to foil activists鈥� plans.

Sporting organisations shared their efforts to reinforce security with stewards, consider securing more injunctions to allow officers to act quickly against disruption and see more individuals who undertake guerrilla protest acts face prison sentences.

Other national bodies and event organisers in attendance were:

• Lawn Tennis Association
• England and Wales Cricket Board
• Racecourse Association
• British Horseracing Authority
• Rugby Football League
• Rugby Football Union
• Premier League
• English Football League
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• Professional Darts Corporation
• Greyhound Board of Great Britain
• Ascot Racecourse
• Silverstone Circuits
• Arena Racing
• World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

皇冠体育app government recently introduced new legislation through the Public Order Act 2023, criminalising actions such as 鈥榣ocking on鈥�. Police will also be able to stop and search protesters for items like padlocks and superglue if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos. 皇冠体育app measures will help tackle tactics seen at Premier League games last year, where protesters used cable ties to attach themselves to goal posts.

皇冠体育app Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 also made it easier to tackle public nuisance caused by protesters. This has assisted police in making swift arrests, as seen at the Grand National in April where 118 activists were arrested for attempting to breach the track and the event was back on course in 12 minutes.