Written Question·Home Office·UIN 76463
Defence: Demonstrations
Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025
Question
Peter Fortune
Conservative — Bromley and Biggin Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent protests from disrupting the activities of defence firms.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe management of protest activity is an operational matter for the police, who are independent of government.While the Government is committed to protecting the public and businesses from serious disruption, ministers cannot intervene in individual cases...
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