Written Question·Home Office·UIN 115696

Demonstrations

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Mark Sewards

LabourLeeds South West and Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce a new mechanism to restrict the activities of extreme criminal protest groups.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
This government is committed to ensuring the police have the powers they need to proportionately manage extreme criminal protests while safeguarding the rights to freedom of expression and assembly.An independent review of public order and hate crime legi...

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