Written Question·Home Office·UIN 905667

Civil Liberties

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect civil liberties.

Answer

Shabana Mahmood
The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to UK democracy but must be balanced with the need to maintain public safety. To achieve this, public order legislation has been developed that both safeguards freedoms of expression and assembly and upholds ...

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