Written Question·Home Office·UIN 35379

Demonstrations: Tower of London

Tabled: 4 March 2025

Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party — Belfast South and Mid Down

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to enable access to safe protest around the Tower of London.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The management of protests is an operational decision for the police.The Government fully support the police to ensure that the right to protest can be exercised in a lawful way.