Written Question·Home Office·UIN 84260

Cybercrime: Crime Prevention

Tabled: 22 October 2025

Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow legitimate cyber activity (a) necessary for the (i) detection and (ii) prevention of crime and (b) justified as being in the public interest.

Answer

Dan Jarvis

The Government is conducting an ongoing review of the Computer Misuse Act. As part of the review, we are scoping several proposals to update the act, including how we can better support legitimate cybersecurity researchers so they can operate within a cle...

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