Chris Philp – 2022 Comments on the Impact of Policing the Just Stop Oil Protests

The comments made by Chris Philp, the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire, in the House of Commons on 14 November 2022.

I share the hon. Gentleman’s concern about the level of abstraction owing to the unjustified Just Stop Oil protests. In October and early November, about 11,000 Metropolitan police officer shifts were lost as a result of having to police those outrageous and unnecessary protests. That is a matter of concern, and that is why it is so important that we see an end to these protests as soon as possible.