Finally, on Saturday, February 19—this is when the parliamentary precinct was in a hold and secure—I was entering the parliamentary precinct. I was literally walking through the police exercise that was going on to remove the occupiers.
At the end of Bank Street, I attempted to enter. There were about 15 PPS individuals who were standing at what was a makeshift opening in the gate, literally moving two construction fences. They were using a fairly heavy-gauge metal chain to chain that fence together with a padlock. That's how I entered into the parliamentary precinct to participate in the democratic process that we have here.
Are you aware of any other time in the past that such high security measures were used to protect the parliamentary precinct and the individuals who work here?