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Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for Tuesday the 14th of April.

Coming up, the government defends plans to reign in repeat protests saying it's a small change that will make a big difference.

To people who are currently scared and intimidated by persistent protests outside in particular

mosques and Jewish places of worship.

Also a senior executive at South East Water admits to his firm's shortcomings following two major supply outages.

We failed on the basic objective of delivering water to customers.

And a call for firm action to tackle knife attacks.

Without saturation, stop and search, and without immediate custody of anyone found in possession

of a knife without a valid reason. The rest is just white noise.

But first, there's been an outcry from some Labour MPs at government plans in the

Crime and Policing Bill to restrict protests where they've been repeated demos in a particular area.

Ministers brought in the change when the bill was in the House of Lords,

so this was MP's first opportunity to debate the move.

It's been seen as a response in part to regular pro-Palestine marches.

The Labour MP Andy McDonald's spearheaded opposition to the government's move. a response in part to regular pro-Palestine marches.

The Labour MP Andy McDonald's spearheaded opposition to the government's move saying protest had been the lifeblood of every movement

that had expanded rights, protections and dignity in the UK.

He pointed to the suffragettes and the anti-apartheid movement.

Neither succeeded because they protested once politely and went home.

They succeeded because disruption accumulated,

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