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If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 9 September 2025Answered: 15 September 2025

Asked by

Peter Dowd

LabourBootle

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Security (Dan Jarvis)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the question, because the targeted intimidation and harassment of elected representatives is completely unacceptable. The defending democracy taskforce works to ensure the safety and security of all electoral processes and democratic institutions, and to strengthen democratic society. We are conducting a review of the harassment and intimidation faced by elected representatives. The taskforce has also concluded a review of transnational repression, and we have updated Parliament on that. I hope this will be a shared endeavour, right across the House.